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Jewels of authority [[electronic resource] ] : women and textual tradition in Hindu India / / edited by Laurie L. Patton



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Titolo: Jewels of authority [[electronic resource] ] : women and textual tradition in Hindu India / / edited by Laurie L. Patton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
Disciplina: 294.50820954
305.42/0954
Soggetto topico: Women - India - Social conditions
Hindu women - India - History
Women - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Hinduism - Social aspects
Women's rights - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Dowry - India - History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: PattonLaurie L. <1961->  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-220) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; Introduction; PART I: ANCIENT ARGUMENTS; 1 The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter; 2 Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara; 3 Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period; PART II: CLASSICAL ARGUMENTS; 4 Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa; 5 Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Śrīvaisnavism; 6 Casting Light on the Sounds of the Tamil Veda: Tirukkoneri Dāsyai's ""Garland of Words""; PART III: REFORM AND CONTEMPORARY ARGUMENTS
7 By What Authority? Hindu Women and the Legitimization of Reform in the Nineteenth Century8 Hindu Nationalist Women: On the Use of the Feminine Symbolic to (Temporarily) Displace Male Authority; 9 Counterpoint Authority in Women's Ritual Expressions: A View from the Village; Afterword; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Sommario/riassunto: Contributors. Abbreviations. Introduction, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Ancient Arguments. 1. The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter, Ellison Banks Findly. 2. Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara, Mary McGee. 3. Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period, Laurie L. Patton. Part II. Classical Arguments. 4. Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa, Stephanie W. Jamison. 5. Om, the Vedas, and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Srivaisnavism, Katherine K. Young. 6. Casting Light on the Sounds of th
Titolo autorizzato: Jewels of authority  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-280-83425-0
0-19-535064-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450892303321
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