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Mythologizing in South Asian traditionsmyth, gender, power, and politics /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Mythologizing in South Asian traditionsedited by Diana Dimitrova.
Reminder of title:	myth, gender, power, and politics /
other author:	Dimitrova, Diana.
Published:	Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025.
Description:	xviii, 242 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Mythology, Asian.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-76830-9
ISBN:	9783031768309$q(electronic bk.)

Mythologizing in South Asian traditionsmyth, gender, power, and politics /
Mythologizing in South Asian traditionsmyth, gender, power, and politics /[electronic resource] :edited by Diana Dimitrova. - Cham :Springer Nature Switzerland :2025. - xviii, 242 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.

1. Introduction -- 2. Samkarshaṇa and the Diversion of the Yamuna River according to Harivaṃśa 83 -- 3. Take Me to the River, Drop Me in the Water: Vishnu's Fish avatāra as Yugic-Kalpic -- 4. The Benefits of Marrying a Demoness: the Mahābhārata's Hidimbā episode in the Classroom -- 5. Waging War in Wild Wild Country: Regulating Sex and Nation in Osho's Rajneeshpuram -- 6. Mythologizing the Rāmāyaṇa: Gender, Power and Politics in Bollywood Films (1993-2007) -- 7. Gender, Religious Narratives, and Film in Pre-independence India: Analysis of V. Shantaram's Kunku -- 8. Activist Authors, Duty-bound Arjuna, and Selfless Action in Early Indian Nationalism -- 9. The Malevolent Myth of Cosmic War.

This book deals with the issue of mythologizing in South Asian traditions. It brings together a number of essays dealing with the interface between mythology, gender, politics, and nationalism. The common thread that links the chapters is the appropriation and reinterpretation of myth, and its weaponizing for the purpose of power or political gain. All chapters explore the various aspects of the ongoing process of re-mythologizing of the present, as revealed in South Asian traditions. The essays in this collection respond to the same question: how to interpret the present? What is the meaning of ancient and venerated myths today? What are the ideological implications of the interpretation of myths and how do they reflect and influence the power structures of contemporary societies in South Asia? Diana Dimitrova is Professor of Hinduism and South Asian Religions at the University of Montreal in Montreal, Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society in Canada. Her recent publications include Cultural Identity in Hindi Plays: Poetics, Politics and Theatre in India (Oxford University Press, 2023) and the edited volume Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions (Routledge, 2021).

ISBN: 9783031768309$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-76830-9doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

216749
Mythology, Asian.

LC Class. No.: BL1055

Dewey Class. No.: 200.954

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