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100			_aPattanaik, Devdutt _98101
245			_aShikhandi: and other tales they don't tell you
260			_bPenguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd. _aHaryana _c2014
300			_aix, 179 p.
365			_aINR _b299.00
520			_aPatriarchy asserts men are superior to women, Feminism clarifies women and men are equal, Queerness questions what constitutes male and female. Queerness isn't only modern, Western or sexual, says mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik. Take a close look at the vast written and oral traditions in Hinduism, some over two thousand years old and you will find many overlooked tales, such as those of Shikhandi, who became a man to satisfy her wife; Mahadeva, who became a woman to deliver his devotee’s child; Chudala, who became a man to enlighten her husband; Samavan, who became the wife of his male friend; and many more. Playful and touching and sometimes disturbing-these stories when compared with their Mesopotamian, Greek, Chinese and Biblical counterparts, reveal the unique Indian way of making sense of queerness.
650			_aTales _98906
650			_aHindu mythology _97105
650			_aGender identity--Religious aspects--Hinduism _98907
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