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Real sadhus sing to God : gender, asceticism, and vernacular religion in Rajasthan
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- DeNapoli, Antoinette E., Author.
- Series:
- American Academy of Religion.
- American Academy of Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women sadhus--Hinduism--India--Rajasthan.
- Women sadhus.
- Asceticism--India--Rajasthan.
- Asceticism.
- Women in Hinduism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white).
- Other Title:
- Real sadhus sing to God
- American Academy of Religion
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- DeNapoli brings to light the little known, and often marginalised, lives of female Hindu sadhus in the state of Rajasthan, offering a new perspective on the practice of asceticism in India today. Examining the everyday religious worlds and practices of primarily 'unlettered' female sadhus, whose ages cut across the lifespan and who come from a variety of castes, the book illustrates that the female sadhus interviewed by the author experience asceticism in relational and celebratory ways and view their lives as a path of singing to God.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2014).
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