The Taming of Alli

Authors

  • Vijaya Ramaswamy Jawaharlal Nehru University

Keywords:

Tamil literature, Mahabharata, Religion, Tamil Nadu, Tamil women

Abstract

The story of Alli figures in the Tamil version of the Mahabharata. She is described as a type of "Amazonian" beauty, a vehement hater of men. In the zigzag movement of the Alii legend through space and time, the heroine Alli as well as the Alli myth get tamed and subsumed into the patriarchal register.

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Published

2002-10-01

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Original Research