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Biography. Wendy Doniger was born in New York City to immigrant non-observant Jewish parents, and raised in Great Neck, New York, where her father, Lester L. Doniger (1909–1971), ran a publishing business. While in high school, she studied dance under George Balanchine and Martha Graham.
Jun 19, 2022 · As one of the world’s foremost scholars of Hinduism, Sanskrit and mythology, Wendy Doniger has also found herself at the centre of contentious debates on the politics of knowledge, the study of religion, the insider-outsider readings of texts and traditions.
Wendy Doniger is a distinguished Indologist and scholar of Sanskrit and Indian textual traditions. Her research and teaching interests revolve around Hinduism and mythology addressing themes such as death, dreams, evil, literature, law, gender and zoology.
Wendy Doniger’s research and teaching interests revolved around two basic areas, Hinduism and mythology. Her courses in mythology addressed themes in cross-cultural expanses, such as death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women; her courses in Hinduism covered a broad spectrum that, in addition to mythology, considered literature, law, gender ...
Biography. Wendy Doniger’s research interests revolve around two basic areas, Hinduism and mythology. Her work in mythology addresses themes in cross-cultural expanses, such as death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women; her work on Hinduism covers a broad spectrum that, in addition to mythology, considers literature, law, gender, and zoology.
Dec 3, 2018 · Wendy Doniger will long be remembered, admired, and loved for a great many things—for the astonishing breadth and range of her scholarship; for her deep knowledge of South Asian languages, history, and culture; for her seemingly boundless and infectious energy; and for her wonderful, often hilarious sense of humor.
Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Her research and teaching interests revolve around two basic areas, Hinduism and mythology.
The Hindus: An Alternative History is a book by American Indologist Wendy Doniger which the author describes as an "alternative to the narrative of Hindu history that they tell". The book was initially published by Viking Penguin in 2009 and later in India by Penguin's Indian subsidiary, Penguin India.
Her courses in mythology address themes in cross-cultural expanses, such as death, dreams, evil, horses, sex, and women; her courses in Hinduism cover a broad spectrum that, in addition to mythology, considers literature, law, gender, and zoology. Read more about Professor Doniger here.
Wendy Doniger has 104 books on Goodreads with 48220 ratings. Wendy Doniger’s most popular book is The Hindus: An Alternative History.
