The ring of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry /
Doniger, Wendy,
The ring of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry / Wendy Doniger. - xxi, 397 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: My family jewels and other tall tales -- Introduction: The signifying ring -- Marriage rings (and adultery rings) -- The ring fished from the ocean -- Shakuntala and the ring of memory -- Rings of forgetfulness in medieval European romances -- Siegfried's ring and Wagner's ring -- Pregnant riddles and clever wives -- The rape of the clever wife -- The affair of the diamond necklace -- The slut assumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Are diamonds a woman's best friend? -- Two conclusions, on money and myth.
9780190267117 (cloth)
2016055313
Rings--Folklore.
Rings in literature.
GR950.R5 / D66 2017
398.28
The ring of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry / Wendy Doniger. - xxi, 397 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface: My family jewels and other tall tales -- Introduction: The signifying ring -- Marriage rings (and adultery rings) -- The ring fished from the ocean -- Shakuntala and the ring of memory -- Rings of forgetfulness in medieval European romances -- Siegfried's ring and Wagner's ring -- Pregnant riddles and clever wives -- The rape of the clever wife -- The affair of the diamond necklace -- The slut assumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries -- Are diamonds a woman's best friend? -- Two conclusions, on money and myth.
9780190267117 (cloth)
2016055313
Rings--Folklore.
Rings in literature.
GR950.R5 / D66 2017
398.28