TY  - GEN
AU  - Thapar, Romila
TI  - Sakuntala: texts, readings, histories
SN  - 9780231156554
U1  - 891.22 THA 
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Asian Studies
KW  - Asian Studies: Religion
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - Asian Literature
KW  - Gender and Sexuality Studies
KW  - Indian History
N1  - Includes Conclusion and Endnotes
N2  - The figure of Sakuntala appears in many forms throughout South Asian literature, most famously in the Mahabharata and in Kalidisa's fourth-century Sanskrit play, Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection. In these two texts, Sakuntala undergoes a critical transformation, relinquishing her assertiveness and autonomy to become the quintessentially submissive woman, revealing much about the performance of Hindu femininity that would come to dominate South Asian culture. Through a careful analysis of sections from Sakuntala and their various iterations in different contexts, Romila Thapar explores the interactions between literature and history, culture and gender, that frame the development of this canonical figure, as well as a distinct conception of female identity.

http://cup.columbia.edu/book/sakuntala/9780231156554
ER  -