Alternative Modernities and Medieval Indian Literature
The Oriya Lakshmi Purana as Radical Pedagogy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7213929 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Satya P Mohanty (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 3-21 |
| Publication date | 2008-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | diacritics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0300-7162 • E-ISSN: 1080-6539 |
| Publisher | Johns Hopkins University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/dia.0.0063 |
| OpenAlex | W2034805690 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 9 |
Focusing on the sixteenth-century Oriya Lakshmi Purana by Balaram Das, this essay shows how distinctly “modern” values are being explored and elaborated in this religious poem. Das’s narrative develops the notion of a self-critical individuality that is distinct from—rather than merely embedded in—the dominant social structure and its patriarchal and caste-based value system. The LP provides a feminist and anticaste critique of patriarchal behavior and defends the value of the work done by women and others who are socially marginalized. This literary-critical analysis is a contribution to contemporary scholarship on “alternative” or “precolonial” modernities, especially in the Indian context
Art · Caste · Context (archaeology · Literature · Narrative · Poetry · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Gender Studies · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.47 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |