Strong Arms and Drinking Strength: Masculinity, Violence, and the Body in Ancient India

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2011
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Jarrod Whitaker examines the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the Rigveda, India's oldest Sanskrit text, arguing that an important aspect of early Vedic life involves the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man.

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Jarrod Whitaker examines the ritualized poetic construction of male identity in the Rigveda, India's oldest Sanskrit text, arguing that an important aspect of early Vedic life involves the sustained promotion and embodiment of what it means to be a true man.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 28 Apr 2011
ISBN 10: 0199755701
ISBN 13: 9780199755707

Strong Arms and Drinking Strength: Masculinity, Violence, and the Body in Ancient India

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$179.11

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