02815nam 2200613Ia 450 991082874960332120230208172143.00-19-774107-X1-280-44260-30-19-972930-10-19-536022-21-4237-3703-2(CKB)1000000000028673(EBL)4701566(SSID)ssj0000241333(PQKBManifestationID)11200782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000241333(PQKBWorkID)10268221(PQKB)11703230(Au-PeEL)EBL272652(CaPaEBR)ebr10085389(CaONFJC)MIL44260(OCoLC)476011873(MiAaPQ)EBC272652(EXLCZ)99100000000002867319941212d1994 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierSati, the blessing and the curse the burning of wives in India /editor, John Stratton HawleyNew York :Oxford University Press,1994.1 online resource (229 pages) illustrations, maps"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 Tradition Afterword: The Mysteries and Communities of Sati Select Glossary of Indic Terms Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; IndexThis is a collection of essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors, who include both American and Indian scholars, address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves.SatiWidow suicideSati.Widow suicide.392Hawley John Stratton1941-638217Columbia University.Southern Asian Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828749603321Sati, the blessing and the curse4098184UNINA