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The Woman Who Pretended
to be Who She was:
Myths of Self-Imitation
Wendy Doniger
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
THE WOMAN WHO PRETENDED TO BE WHO SHE WAS
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THE WOMAN
WHO PRETENDED
TO BE
WHO SHE WAS
Myths of Self-Imitation
Wendy Doniger
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Doniger, Wendy.
The woman who pretended to be who she was : Myths of self-imitation / Wendy Doniger
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
An early version of this book was presented as an Erbschaft Unserer Zeit Lecture
at the Einstein Forum, Berlin,