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Women's renunciation in South Asia : nuns, yoginis, saints, and singers / edited by Meena Khandelwal, Sondra L. Hausner, and Ann Grodzins Gold.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Religion/culture/critique
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Religious life--South Asia.
- Women.
- Women and religion--South Asia.
- Women and religion.
- Monastic and religious life of women--South Asia.
- Monastic and religious life of women.
- Women--Religious life.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- x, 296 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- Summary:
- This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, and Baul ascetic traditions.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Sondra L. Hausner and Meena Khandelwal
- Do saints need sleep? / Meena Khandelwal
- Living practical dharma / Sara Shneiderman
- The true river Ganges / Kristin Hanssen
- Staying in place / Sondra L. Hausner
- Passionate renouncers / Kalyani Devaki Menon
- How Buddhist renunciation produces difference / Kim Gutschow
- Renouncing expectations / Lisa I. Knight
- These hands are not for henna / Anne Vallely
- Afterword : breaking away
- / Ann Grodzins Gold.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1403972214
- OCLC:
- 62533953
- Publisher Number:
- 9781403972217
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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