Splitting the Difference: Gender and Myth in Ancient Greece and India

by Wendy Doniger

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Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, who double themselves, who are seduced by gods doubling as mortals, whose bodies are split or divided. In Splitting the Difference, the renowned scholar of mythology Wendy Doniger recounts and compares a vast range of these tales from ancient Greece and India, with occasional recourse to more recent "double features" from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to Face/Off....

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226156419

ISBN13:9780226156415

Release Date:April 1999

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:383 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Comparative Religion Fairy Tales Folklore & Mythology Gender Studies Hinduism Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious Studies Social Science Social Sciences

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