This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia. INDICE: On Myth and Mythologizing: An Introduction; D.Dimitrova - PART I: RELIGION, MYTH, AND GENDER - The Spiritual Quest in Amrita Bharati's Poetry; L.Rosenstein - Who is Afraid of MÌrËbËÌ: Gulzar's Antidote for Meera's Poison; H.Pauwels - Religion and Gender in Bollywood Film; D.Dimitrova - The Creative 'Modern' and the Myths of the Goddess of Poxes; P.Srinivasan - PART II: RELIGION, MYTH, AND POLITICS - Constructed Communal Identities and Religious Discourse in GÌtËÕjalÌ ÉrÌ's Hamara sahar us baras; A.Consolaro - Dharma Reconsidered: the Inappropriate Poetry of Arun Kolatkar; L.Zecchini - >From the Otherland to the Divine Land: Exile, Mysticism and Secularism in K.B. Vaid's Dard la dava; A.Castaing - In the Face of Lesser Breeds: Reading Sahgal with Gandhi and Levinas; C.Joseph - Censorship, Social Reform, and Mythological Drama in Colonial India; N.Bhatia - From Kuruks?etra to Ramarajya: A Comparative Study of theStar Personas of Amitabh Bachchan and Shahrukh Khan; S.Singh
- ISBN: 978-0-230-62225-8
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 244
- Fecha Publicación: 17/03/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés