The Other Ramayana Women: Regional Rejection and Response (Routledge Hindu Studies Series)

This book is the first to present current scholarship on gender and in regional and sectarian versions of the Rāmāyaṇa. Contributors explore in what ways the versions relate to other Rāmāyaṇa texts as they deal with the female persona and the cultural values implicit in them. Using a wide variety of approaches, both analytical and descriptive, the authors discover common ground between narrative variants even as their diversity is recognized. It offers an analysis in the shaping of the heterogeneous Rāma tradition through time as it can be viewed from the perspective of narrating women's lives. Through the analysis of the representation and treatment of female characters, narrative inventions, structural design, textual variants, and the idiom of composition and technique in art and sculpture are revealed and it is shown what and in which way these alternative versions are unique.A sophisticated exploration of the Rāmāyaṇa, this book is of great interest to academics in the fields of South Asian Studies, Asian Religion, Asian Gender and Cultural Studies. This Book Is The First To Present Current Scholarship On Gender And In Regional And Sectarian Versions Of The Ramayana. Contributors Explore In What Ways The Versions Relate To Other Ramayana Texts As They Deal With The Female Persona And The Cultural Values Implicit In Them. Using A Wide Variety Of Approaches, Both Analytical And Descriptive, The Authors Discover Common Ground Between Narrative Variants Even As Their Diversity Is Recognized. It Offers An Analysis In The Shaping Of The Heterogeneous Rama Tradition Through Time As It Can Be Viewed From The Perspective Of Narrating Women's Lives. Through The Analysis Of The Representation And Treatment Of Female Characters, Narrative Inventions, Structural Design, Textual Variants, And The Idiom Of Composition And Technique In Art And Sculpture Are Revealed And It Is Shown What And In Which Way These Alternative Versions Are Unique. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Re-creation, Refashioning, Rejection, Response...: How The Narrative Developed / John Brockington -- 2. Surpanakha In The Jain Ramayanas / Eva De Clercq -- 3. Betrayed By The Beloved: Lustful Wives And Devoted Mothers In The Jain Ramayanas / Mary Brockington -- 4. Adventures Of Rama, Sita And Ravana In Tibet / Ulrike Roesler -- 5. Afflicted Mothers And Abused Women: The Words Behind The Pictures / Rachel Loizeau-pajaniradja -- 6. Women In Crisis: South Indian Pictorial Versions Of The Ramayana Narrative / Anna Dallapiccola -- 7. Designing Women: Felicitous Malice In A Bengali Ramayana / Mandakranta Bose -- 8. Can Sages And Women Dance Side By Side? Contested Text And Gender In The Kavitavali Tulsidas / Imre Bangha -- 9. Narrator And Audience: Women's Role As Re-creators Of The Tradition / Mary Brockington -- 10. Tales Of The Dispossessed: Women In The Ramayana / Mandakranta Bose. Edited By John Brockington And Mary Brockington With Mandakranta Bose. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book is the first to present current scholarship on gender and in regional and sectarian versions of the Rmyaa. Contributors explore in what ways the versions relate to other Rmyaa texts as they deal with the female persona and the cultural values implicit in them. Using a wide variety of approaches, both analytical and descriptive, the authors discover common ground between narrative variants even as their diversity is recognized. It offers an analysis in the shaping of the heterogeneous Rma tradition through time as it can be viewed from the perspective of narrating women's lives. Through the analysis of the representation and treatment of female characters, narrative inventions, structural design, textual variants, and the idiom of composition and technique in art and sculpture are revealed and it is shown what and in which way these alternative versions are unique. A sophisticated exploration of the Rmyaa, this book is of great interest to academics in the fields of South Asian Studies, Asian Religion, Asian Gender and Cultural Studies. Foreword Gavin Flood1: Re-creation, refashioning, rejection, response ... : how the narrative developed John Brockington 2. Surpanakha in the Jain Ramayanas Eva De Clercq3. Betrayed by the beloved: lustful wives and devoted mothers in the Jain Ramayanas Mary Brockington 4. The Adventures of Rama, Sita and Ravana in Tibet Ulrike Roesler 5. Afflicted mothers and abused women: the words behind the pictures John Brockington, Mary Brockington and Rachel Loizeau-Pajaniradja 6. Women in crisis: South Indian pictorial versions of the Ramayana narrative Anna Dallapiccola7. Designing Women: Felicitous Malice in a Bengali Ramayan Mandakranta Bose8. Can Sages and Women Dance Side by Side? contested text and gender in the Kavitavali of Tulsidas Imre Bangha9. Transmission and response in a grandmother's tale Mary BrockingtonAfterword: Tales of the Dispossessed: women in the Ramayana Mandakranta BoseAppendix: Retellings of the Rama story with dates, and variant names