Sati, the Blessing and the Curse The Burning of Wives in India
de HAWLEY, JOHN STRATTON
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United States: Oxford University Press Inc. 1994. Map, 214pp, glossary, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing and curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty and self-sacrifice. It often figures near the core of a Hindu identity that feels embattled in a modern world. Yet to those who deplore it, sati is a curse, a violation of every woman's womanhood. It is murder mystified, and as such, the symbol of precisely what Hinduism should not be.
In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati: in India and the West; in literature, art, and opera; in religion, psychology, economics, and politics. With contributors who are both Indian and American, this is a genuinely binational, postcolonial discussion. Contributors include Karen Brown, Paul Courtright, Vidya Dehejia, Ainslie Embree, Dorothy Figueira, Lindsey Harlan, John Hawley, Robin Lewis, Ashis Nandy, and Veena Talwar Oldenburg. .
In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati: in India and the West; in literature, art, and opera; in religion, psychology, economics, and politics. With contributors who are both Indian and American, this is a genuinely binational, postcolonial discussion. Contributors include Karen Brown, Paul Courtright, Vidya Dehejia, Ainslie Embree, Dorothy Figueira, Lindsey Harlan, John Hawley, Robin Lewis, Ashis Nandy, and Veena Talwar Oldenburg. .
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- Sati, the Blessing and the Curse The Burning of Wives in India
- Autor
- HAWLEY, JOHN STRATTON
- Estado del libro
- Usado
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- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0195077741
- ISBN 13
- 9780195077742
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- Oxford University Press Inc
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- United States
- Fecha de publicación
- 1994
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- Hinduism, India, South Asia, Women, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
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