Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 214 p)
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ill., map
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0195077717
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0195077741
Content:
This is a collection of essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors, who include both American and Indian scholars, address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves
Note:
"A project of the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University"--P. [v]
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index
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CONTENTS; LANGUAGE AND TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; 1. The Iconographies of Sati; 2. Die Flambierte Frau: Sati in European Culture; 3. Perfection and Devotion: Sati Tradition in Rajasthan; 4. The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses; 5. Sati as Profit Versus Sati as a Spectacle: The Public Debate on Roop Kanwar's Death; Afterword: The Mysteries and Communities of Sati; Select Glossary of Indic Terms; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780195077711
Additional Edition:
Print version Sati, the Blessing and the Curse : The Burning of Wives in India
Language:
English
