Thamyris. Mythmaking from Past to Present. BEST, Jan and Nanny de VRIES (Eds.) , 1997, 211-397 pp. Pb: € 37 / US$ 50

Series: Thamyris /Intersecting: Place, Sex and Race 4.2 Contents Volume 4 Number 1 Rajeswari SUNDER RAJAN: Introduction. Gender in the Making: Indian Contexts Articles Sumathi RAMASWAMY: Virgin Mother, Beloved Other. The Erotics of Tamil Nationalism in Colonial and Post-Colonial India Srimati BASU: Cutting to Size. Property and Gendered Identity in the Indian Higher Courts Priyamvada GOPAL: Of Victims and Vigilantes. The “Bandit Queen” Controversy Anupama RAO: Understanding “Sirasgaon”. Notes Towards Conceptualizing the Role of Law, Caste, and Gender in a Case of “Atrocity” Mary E. JOHN: Gender and Development. Problems for a History of the Present Susie TARHU: The Impossible Subject. Caste and Desire in the Scene of the Family Nalini NATARAJAN: Woman and Brahman Modernity. A Reading of U.R. Anantha Murthy’s “Samskara” in its Intellectual Context Book Reviews Announcements