Plunging the ocean : Courts, castes and courtesans in the Kathasaritsagara. / Tara Sheemar Malhan.

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Tara Sheemar Malhan

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Tara Sheemar Malhan

Material type: Text

TextPublisher number: Brijwasi Book Distributors | H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, DelhiPublication details: New Delhi : Primus , 2017.Description: 333p. : 24cmISBN:

9789384082864

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891.209 MAL

Summary: Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, upations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself.

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Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, upations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself.

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