Dear friends and colleagues, one of my students is writing her undergraduate thesis on the theme of gender change in pre-modern Sanskrit literature. So far, we have identified the following cases: - Ila/Sudyumna-Ilā (Rāmāyaṇa, Bhāgavatapurāṇa, Viṣṇupurāṇa, Vāyupurāṇa) - Bhaṅgāsvana (Mahābhārata) - Śikhaṇḍin (Mahābhārata) - Mūladeva (Vetālapañcaviṃśati) - Rūpāvatī (Divyāvadāna) - Arjuna (Mahābhārata)
As for studies on the subject, we have been able to identify only these three: - M. Bloomfield, On the Art of Entering Another's Body: A Hindu Fiction Motif - N. Brown, Change of Sex as a Hindu Story Motif - R. Goldman, Transsexualism, Gender, and Anxiety in Traditional India I would be grateful for any additional suggestions you might wish to provide. Thank you in advance for your suggestions. Best wishes, Marco --- Marco Franceschini ———————————--- Associate Professor University of Bologna Department of History and Cultures Personal web page <https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/marco.franceschini3/en> Academia web page <http://unibo.academia.edu/MarcoFranceschini> —
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