Women's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition / edited by Tracy Pintchman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pintchman, Tracy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindu women--Religious life.

Hindu women.

Hinduism--Rituals.

Hinduism.

Hindu women--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this text, 11 leading scholars of Hinduism explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's ritual activities and their lives beyond ritual.

Contents:

Pt. 1. Engaging domesticity. The 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. Pt. 2. Beyond domesticity. Domesticity and difference/women and men: religious life in medieval Tamilnadu / Leslie C. Orr

The anatomy of devotion: the life and poetry of Karaikkal Ammaiyar / Elaine Craddock

The 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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-029213-X

0-19-517706-1

9786611197247

1-281-19724-6

0-19-803934-4

1-4356-1961-7

OCLC:

206943336