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Wendy Doniger is the author of several acclaimed and bestselling works, among them, The Hindus: An Alternative History; Hindu Myths; The Ring of Truth; Dreams, Illusion and Other Realities; Women, Androgynes and Other Mythical Beasts; Winged Stallions and Wicked Mares; and translations of the Rig Veda and the Kamasutra. She is Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions at the University of Chicago, and has also taught at the School of Oriental and ...
Jan 3, 2022 · Doniger, Wendy. Publication date 1999 Topics Sex -- Mythology -- Comparative studies, Mythology, Greek, Hindu mythology Publisher Chicago : University of Chicago Press
Mar 12, 2014 · The problem is that Wendy Doniger is maverick and brilliant. Her wit bubbles up and escapes her, almost in spite of herself. Consider this line about the representation of Shiva through a phallus ...
Aug 15, 2024 · Wendy Doniger is the Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of the History of Religions in the Divinity School at the University of Chicago. Doniger's research and teaching focus on translating, interpreting, and comparing elements of Hinduism through modern contexts of gender, sexuality, and identity.
Jul 3, 2022 · An American Girl in India: Letters and Recollections, 1963-1964 is a collection of letters that author, academic, and Indologist Wendy Doniger wrote to her parents during her first visit to India ...
Jan 1, 2009 · Wendy doniger's writing style is very unprofessional, immature and glib, filled with infantile and snarky "humour" that would put any reader off. I wonder why this is even called an "Alternate History" when this is just a rehash of the old colonial histories filled with ignorance and arrogance.
Dec 4, 2014 · Wendy Doniger. Wendy Doniger is the author of over forty books, including The Hindus: An Alternative History and The Donigers of Great Neck: A Mythologized Memoir. Her most recent books are An American Girl in India: Letters and Reflections, 1963–64 and After the War: The Last Books of the Mahabharata. (May 2023)
