ISBN: 9780195077742

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 bless… Mehr…

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. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Religion,Inspiration>Eastern Religions>Hinduism, Oxford University Press Core >1 >T<

1994, ISBN: 0195077741

[EAN: 9780195077742], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], RELIGION - WORLD RELIGIONS HISTORY ASIA INDIA & SOUTH HINDUISM GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CUSTOMS TRADITIONS, This is a colle… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780195077742], Neubuch, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], RELIGION - WORLD RELIGIONS HISTORY ASIA INDIA & SOUTH HINDUISM GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCE CUSTOMS TRADITIONS, This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors include both American and Indian scholars, and they address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it., Books<

1994, ISBN: 9780195077742

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors… Mehr…

[ED: Kartoniert / Broschiert], [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors include both American and Indian schol, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Taschenbuch, 227, [GW: 476g], Banküberweisung, PayPal<