The Woman Who Pretended to Be Who She Was: Myths of Self-Imitation

by WendyDoniger (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2004

  $104.04

  Offers a cross-cultural exploration of the theme of self-impersonation. The stories considered in this book range from ancient Indian literature through medieval European courtly literature and Shakespeare to Hollywood and Bollywood. They describe a human way of negotiating reality, illusion, identity, authenticity, memory, and more.