Shikhandi

Download or Read eBook Shikhandi PDF written by Devdutt Pattanaik and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-07-20 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Shikhandi
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 9789351187370
ISBN-13 : 9351187373
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Book Synopsis Shikhandi by : Devdutt Pattanaik

Book excerpt: Patriarchy asserts men are superior to women Feminism clarifies women and men are equal Queerness questions what constitutes male and female Queerness isn’t only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old, and you will find tales of: Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver a devotee’s child Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend and many more . . . Playful and touching—and sometimes disturbing—these stories when compared with tales of the Mesopotamian Gilgamesh, the Greek Ganymede, the biblical Sodom or the Chinese ‘cut sleeve’ Emperor reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness. Devdutt Pattanaik’s new book builds on profound ideas that our ancestors shared but which we have rarely inherited. This book has content for mature audiences. Discretion advised.


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