The Ring of Truth and Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry
Download or Read eBook The Ring of Truth and Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry PDF written by Wendy Doniger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Wendy Doniger |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 425 |
| Release | : 2017 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780190267117 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0190267119 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (17 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Ring of Truth and Other Myths of Sex and Jewelry by : Wendy Doniger
Book excerpt: In The Ring of Truth, Wendy Doniger expertly unfolds the cultural and historical significance of rings and other kinds of circular jewelry through timeless stories taken from mythology, religious traditions, and literature. Each chapter, like a separate charm on a charm bracelet, considers a different constellation of stories, linked by a common cluster of meanings: the mutual imitation of real and fake, legal and illegal, marital and extra-marital jewelry; the circular form of rings and bracelets, miming the circle of eternity, which persists in the face of human ephemera
