Wendy Doniger (Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the

Redeeming the Kamasutra

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Produktbeschreibung

In Redeeming the Kamasutra, one of the world's foremost authorities on ancient Indian texts seeks to restore the Kamasutra to its proper place in the Sanskrit canon, as a landmark of India's secular literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press Inc
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 378g
• ISBN-13: 9780190499280
• ISBN-10: 0190499281
• Artikelnr.: 44345469

Autorenporträt

Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago and the author of over 30 books, including On Hinduism and The Hindus: An Alternative History.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Strange and the Familiar in the Kamasutra
2. The Kautilyan Kamasutra
3. The Mythology of the Kamasutra
4. Women in the Kamasutra
5. The Third Nature: Gender Inversions
6. The Mare's Trap: The Nature and Culture of Sex
7. The Rise and Fall of Kama and the Kamasutra
Notes