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008			161206s2017 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2016055313
020			_a9780190267117 (cloth)
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100	1		_aDoniger, Wendy,
245	1	4	_aThe ring of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry / _cWendy Doniger.
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c[2017]
300			_axxi, 397 pages ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface: 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.
650		0	_aRings _vFolklore.
650		0	_aRings in literature.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aDoniger, Wendy, author. _tRing of truth and other myths of sex and jewelry _dNew York : Oxford University Press, 2017 _z9780190267124 _w(DLC) 2017007846
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