This second edition tries to answer concerns about Mahabharata as a
source for history and about continued relevance of patriarchal
construct in writing a new womens history. While there is no need
to interpret structures as monolithic or beyond changes of time,
the scale of that change cannot always be measured in terms of just
technology and political formation of a given chronological span.
Variations in womens lives will have to be seen at the micro level
such as the varieties of households and the domestic, reproductive
and sexual arrangements therein. In analysing the mechanism of
patriarchal domination the structures of lineage, residence, forms
of marriage, property relations and sexuality are subjected to a
critical analysis. A systematic attempt has also been made to use
the theories and findings of social anthropology for this purpose.
Apart from material existence the symbolic valuations given to
women in androcentric societies play a significant role in
constructing their status as abala. The volume also juxtaposes
these emasculated women with raksasi and svairini who inhabit a
space that is spatially and ideologically freer of masculinist
constructs. This volume will be invaluable to scholars of Gender
Studies, Culture, Religion in South Asia and Ancient Indian
History.
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