Aryans, Jews, Brahmins - Theorizing Authority Through Myths of Identity

Explores the construction of the Aryan myth and its uses in both India and Europe.

About the author

Dorothy M. Figueira is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia. She is the author of several books, including Aryans, Jews, Brahmins: Theorizing Authority through Myths of Identity; The Exotic: A Decadent Quest; and Translating the Orient: The Reception of Sakuntala in Nineteenth-Century Europe, all published by SUNY Press.

Product details

• Authors: Dorothy M Figueira, Dorothy M. Figueira, Dorothy Matilda Figueira
• Publisher: SUNY Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.09.2002
• EAN: 9780791455326
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-5532-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 365 g
• Series: Suny Series, the Margins of Li; Suny Series, the Margins of Li
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous