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Society with Indian characteristics: caste, class, and species in contemporary retellings of the Rāmāyaṇa
| Summary: | This paper analyzes the construction of Indian society in retellings of the Rāmāyaṇa published in India between 2010 and 2020. I focus on the concepts of caste, class, and mythological species. Through discourse analysis of a corpus of retellings, nonfiction works by the same authors, and comparisons with secondary literature, I show how specific castes, classes, and species are assimilated to one another and contrasted with competing identities. I also show how such representations define positive traits of Indianness and contrast them with the opposite negative traits of Otherness. I conclude that, despite differences in style, the retellers imagine an ancient pre-colonial India imbued with the modern neoliberal values of freedom of choice and social mobility. |
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| Main Authors: | Oliveira, João Pedro |
| Subject: | Caste Class Deva Rākṣasa Rāmāyaṇa |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Country: | Portugal |
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| Associated institution: | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| Language: | English |
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