Escaping from Rama: portraits of Indian women
This study examines visual, post-colonial portraits of the Indian women of the Sanskrit epics, in order to show the sociocultural, historical-ideological roots of this aesthetic. After independence, Hindu movements found in the epics a female archetype, who stands for the Hindu community. Post-colon...
| Published in: | Culture and religion |
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Taylor & Francis
[2014]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Hinduism
/ Sanskrit language
/ Epic
/ Woman
/ Postcolonialism
/ Bollywood
/ Amar Chitra Katha
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia NCC Social ethics TK Recent history |
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Volltext (doi) |