Hinduism and gender
mythologizing and othering women
pp. 97-157
in: , Hinduism and Hindi theater, Berlin, Springer, 2016Abstract
This chapter discusses the interpretation of Hinduism and gender in modern urban Hindi drama, as revealed in the work of Bharatendu Harishcandra, Jayshankar Prasad, Lakshminarayan Mishra, Mohan Rakesh, Jagdishcandra Mathur, Bhuvaneshvar, and Upendranath Ashk. I will first explore Hindu images of the feminine and will then proceed to analyse the reworking of the Hindu myth-models in the plays and the way the authors have mythologized them in order to give a conservative or progressive interpretation of Hinduism and gender.