Retelling the Ramayana: Voices from Kerala
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
0195666232
Length
xxiv+157p., Glossary; 23cm.
Subjects
More than any other sacred text, the Ramayana has been interpreted as a blueprint for right human action. Of the innumerable Ramayanas composed, the most prestigious is Valmiki’s text. Across several cultures though, refashioning and retelling Valmiki’s influential and patriarchal epic has become a way of literary dissent in the grand tradition of Indian self-questioning. Two such voices from Kerala, included here, showcase the sophisticated cultural ...
