Transcultural negotiations of gender : studies in (be)longing / edited by Saugata Bhaduri and Indrani Mukherjee

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222)

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors and Contributors -- Part I (Be)longing in Time -- 1 Curiosity Killed The... Woman: Modern Rewritings of "Bluebeard" in Literary Representations of Marital Abuse -- Abstract -- References -- 2 New Feminine Myths as Builders of New Transcultural Horizons -- Abstract -- References -- 3 Not By Faith Alone: Religion, Gender and The Public Domain in India -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Kumaran Asan's Re-Reading of Sita -- 3.3 Periyar's Re-Interpretation of The Ramayana -- 3.4 Nina Paley's Sita Sings the Blues -- 3.5 Conclusion

7.2 Natsume Soseki and Ruth Prawer Jhabvala -- 7.3 Gender Issues in India and Japan -- 7.4 Conclusion -- References -- 8 Rewriting GenreGender? Crime Fiction by Women Authors from India and Latin America -- Abstract -- References -- 9 Gender Revolution in Socialist Cuba: Up to a Certain Point -- Abstract -- References -- 10 Bodies of Pleasure: Rethinking Gender, Space and Identity -- Abstract -- 10.1 Moving Bodies, Performing Gender: An Introduction -- 10.2 Bodily Practices and Gendered Spaces: A Critical Review -- 10.3 Parks as Spaces of Resistance and Negotiation

10.4 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part III Performing (Be)longing -- 11 "Devadasi" Reform in Colonial South India: The Case of Radhika Santwanam -- Abstract -- References -- 12 Gender and Performance: The Reinvention of Mohiniyattam in Early Twentieth-Century Kerala -- Abstract -- References -- 13 Wayward Women, Wicked Singing -- Abstract -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 The Search -- 13.3 The Journey -- 13.4 Conclusion -- References -- 14 Gendered Bhavas: Perpetuating Notions of "Ideal" Male and Female Behaviour Through Specific Emotions Highlighted in Acting in Mayabazar -- Abstract

14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Storyline -- 14.3 Different Genders, Different Bhavas -- 14.3.1 Sasirekha in Courtship -- 14.3.2 Sasirekha in Protest -- 14.3.3 Sasirekha in Marriage -- 14.4 Conclusion -- References -- 15 The Relevance of Gender in the Narco CorridoNarco Novel -- Abstract -- References -- Part IV Modernity, Technology and (Be)longing -- 16 Tagore's Women Heralding The "New Indian Woman": A Critique of the Women's Question in the Nationalist Discourse -- Abstract -- References -- 17 Manasi to Neera: The Evolution of the Concept of "Muse" in Modern Bengali Poetry -- Abstract

Transcultural Negotiations of Gender probes into how gender is negotiated along the two axes of `belonging' and `longing'- the twin desires of being located within a cultural milieu, while yearning for either what has passed by or what is yet to come.

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