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Strong arms and drinking strength : masculinity, violence, and the body in ancient India / Jarrod L. Whitaker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whitaker, Jarrod.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vedas. R̥gveda--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Vedas.
- Masculinity in the Vedas.
- Soma in the Vedas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (238 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book considers the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the Rigveda, India's oldest Sanskrit text, and argues that an important aspect of early Vedic life involves the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man.
- Contents:
- Manhood and masculinity
- Brave men and manliness
- Mighty champions and slaying the dragon
- Strong-arms and drinking strength.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-987714-9
- 9786613349118
- 1-283-34911-6
- 0-19-985764-4
- OCLC:
- 922970235
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