Purāṇic Masculinities and Transgender Adventures in the Garden of the Goddess.

The male body has a particularly close connection to culture and to discourse and is one of the main avenues through which culture attempts to construct masculinity....The male body functions as a kind of tabula rasa or inscriptive surface for masculinity and for culture, and discourse is inscribed...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Hindu Studies Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 153 - 180
Autor principal: Taylor, McComas
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Aug2013
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Sumario:The male body has a particularly close connection to culture and to discourse and is one of the main avenues through which culture attempts to construct masculinity....The male body functions as a kind of tabula rasa or inscriptive surface for masculinity and for culture, and discourse is inscribed on that matter, asserting its power through inscription and reinscription (Reeser 2010: 91).