| Description |
xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cat in the courtyard: the performance of Sanskrit and the religious experience of women / Laurie L. Patton -- Wandering from "hills to valleys" with the goddess: protection and freedom in the Matamma tradition of Andhra / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger -- Lovesick Gopi or woman's best friend: the mythic Sakhi and ritual friendships among women in Benares / Tracy Pintchman -- Words that breach walls: women's rituals in Rajasthan / Lindsey Harlan -- Threshold designs, forehead dots, and menstruation rituals: exploring time and space in Tamil Kolams / Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan -- Domesticity and difference/women and men: religious life in medieval Tamilnadu / Leslie C. Orr -- Anatomy of devotion: the life and poetry of Karaikkal Ammaiyar / Elaine Craddock -- Play of the mother: possession and power in Hindu women's goddess rituals / Kathleen M. Erndl -- Does Tantric ritual empower women? Renunciation and domesticity among female Bengali Tantrikas / June McDaniel -- Performing arts, re-forming rituals: women and social change in South India / Vasudha Narayanan. |
| Subject |
Hindu women -- Religious life.
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Hinduism -- Rituals.
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Hindu women -- Social life and customs.
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| Added Author |
Pintchman, Tracy.
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| ISBN |
0195177061 cloth |
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019517707X paperback |
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9780195177077 paperback |
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9780195177060 hardback |
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