ISBN:
1423737032
,
9781423737032
,
0195360222
,
9780195360226
,
9780195077742
,
0195077741
,
1280442603
,
9781280442605
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xii, 214 p.)
,
ill., map.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Harman, William Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India. John Stratton Hawley 1996
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Beck, Martha N. [Rezension von: Hawley, John S., Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India] 1995
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Sati, the blessing and the curse
DDC:
392
Keywords:
Sati
;
Widow suicide
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Death & Dying
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions
;
Sati
;
Widow suicide
;
Weduwenverbranding
;
Sati
;
Witwenverbrennung
;
Satī
;
Veuves ; Inde
;
Indien
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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]. - Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index. - Description based on print version record
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