Strī: Women in Epic Mahābhārata

by Kevin McGrath

This book is a study of heroic femininity as it appears in the epic Mahābhārata, and focuses particularly on the roles of wife, daughter-in-law, and mother, on how these women speak and on the kinship groups and varying marital systems that surround them. It portrays those qualities that cohere about women in the poem, which are particular to them and which distinguish them as women, and describes how women heroes function as crucial...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674031989
• ISBN13: 9780674031982
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Ilex Foundation
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.8"