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The Goddesses' henchmen : gender in Indian hero worship / Lindsey Harlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harlan, Lindsey, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs.
- Rajasthan (India).
- Hero worship--India--Rajasthan.
- Hero worship.
- Nationalism--India--Rajasthan--Religious aspects.
- Nationalism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise.
- Contents:
- Contents; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. The Land of Heroes: Rajasthani Soil and Rajput Blood; 3. Heroic Story: Slaughter and Glory; 4. Heroic Story Frames: Liberation, Perfection, and Seclusion; 5. Heroic Song: End of the Story and Beyond; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2003.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-773937-7
- 1-280-70400-4
- 0-19-534834-6
- OCLC:
- 437109444
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