02692nam 2200625Ia 450 991045045480332120200520144314.01-280-44260-30-19-972930-10-19-536022-21-4237-3703-2(CKB)1000000000028673(EBL)4701566(SSID)ssj0000241333(PQKBManifestationID)11200782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241333(PQKBWorkID)10268221(PQKB)11703230(MiAaPQ)EBC272652(MiAaPQ)EBC4701566(Au-PeEL)EBL272652(CaPaEBR)ebr10085389(CaONFJC)MIL44260(OCoLC)476011873(EXLCZ)99100000000002867319941212d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSati, the blessing and the curse[electronic resource] the burning of wives in India /edited by John Stratton HawleyNew York Oxford University Press19941 online resource (229 p.)"A project of the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University"--P. [v].0-19-507771-7 0-19-507774-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-202) and index.CONTENTS; LANGUAGE AND TRANSLITERATION; ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; 1. The Iconographies of Sati; Comment: A Broader Landscape; 2. Die Flambierte Frau: Sati in European Culture; Comment: Sati and the Nineteenth-century British Self; 3. Perfection and Devotion: Sati Tradition in Rajasthan; Comment: Good Mothers and Bad Mothers in the Rituals of Sati; 4. The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses; 5. Sati as Profit Versus Sati as a Spectacle: The Public Debate on Roop Kanwar's Death; Comment: Widows as Cultural Symbols; Comment: The Continuing Invention of the Sati TraditionAfterword: The Mysteries and Communities of SatiSelect Glossary of Indic Terms; A; B; C; D; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; ZSatiWidow suicideElectronic books.Sati.Widow suicide.392Hawley John Stratton1941-638217Columbia University.Southern Asian Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450454803321Sati, the blessing and the curse1980563UNINA