ISBN:
0195667220
Language:
English
Pages:
xii, 190 p.
,
ill.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
305.309 54
Keywords:
Alltag, Brauchtum
;
aRole models
;
xHindu
;
aHindus
;
xReligious life
;
xSex
;
Soziale Rolle
;
Hinduismus
;
Indien
;
India Congresses Social life and customs
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Hinduismus
;
Soziale Rolle
Abstract:
Contributed papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge in 1998.
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Playing for real: 'Hindu' role models, religion, and gender / Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas -- Role, role model, and function: the Sanskrit epic warrior in comparison and theory / Alf Hiltebeitel -- Digits from the Dada: pointers to the articulation of Sainik role models in Mumbai / Raminder Kaur -- Childhood and schooling in an Indian village / Padma Sarangapani -- Confrontation, transgression, and submission: ideals of womanhood in the Manasāmaṅgala / Mandakranta Bose -- Is love still stronger than dharma? Whatever happened to Sita's choice and the gopīs' voice? / Heidi Pauwels -- Pregnancy rituals amongst the Rajput elite in contemporary Rajasthan: anthropology and the world of women / Marzia Balzani -- Subverting the fierce goddess: Phoolan Devi and the politics of vengeance / Sarah Caldwell.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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