The woman who pretended to be who she was

Description

"In this book, noted scholar of Hinduism and mythology Wendy Doniger offers a cross-cultural exploration of the theme of self-impersonation, whose widespread occurrence argues for both its literary power and its human value. The stories she considers range from ancient Indian literature and Shakespeare to Hollywood and Bollywood. They illuminate a basic human way of negotiating reality, illusion, identity, and authenticity, not to mention memory, amnesia, and the process of aging. Many of them involve marriage and adultery, for tales of sexual betrayal cut to the heart of the crisis of identity."--BOOK JACKET.

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Other Editions

• The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was: Myths of Self-ImitationOxford University Press, USA2004-10-22
• The woman who pretended to be who she wasOxford University Press2005
• The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She WasOxford University Press2004-01-01
• The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She WasOxford University Press, USA2006-09-25
• The woman who pretended to be who she wasOxford University Press