Book Summary
Fresh perspectives on the classic Indian epic While some religious texts may remain static over time, the Ramayana epichas been retold in a variety of ways over the centuries and across South Asia. Someof the narrative's most probing and innovative retellings have appeared in print inthe last 100 years in the region of South India. This collection brings together, for the first time, modern retellings translated from the four major South Indianlanguages and from genres as diverse as drama, short stories, poetry, and folk song.The selections focus on characters generally seen as stigmatized or marginalized, and on themes largely overlooked in previous scholarship. Editor Paula Richmandemonstrates that twentieth-century authors have used retellings of the Ramayana toquestion caste and gender inequality in provocative ways. This engaging anthologyincludes translations of 22 primary texts along with interpretive essays thatprovide background and frameworks for understanding the stories.
Book Details
| Book Name | Ramayana Stories In Modern South India: An Anthology |
| Author | Paula Richman |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Mar 2008) |
| ISBN | 9780253219534 |
| Pages | 258 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 1073 |
