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100			_aThapar, Romila
245			_aSakuntala: texts, readings, histories
260			_aNew York: _bColumbia University Press, _c2011.
300			_axxii, 271p.: _bill.; pbk.: _c23cm.
504			_aIncludes Conclusion and Endnotes
520			_aThe 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
650			_aAsian Studies
650			_aAsian Studies: Religion
650			_aHinduism
650			_aAsian Literature
650			_aGender and Sexuality Studies
650			_aIndian History
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