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Autore: | Harlan Lindsey |
Titolo: | The goddesses' henchmen : gender in Indian hero worship / / Lindsey Harlan |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
Disciplina: | 306/.0954/4 |
Soggetto topico: | Hero worship - India - Rajasthan |
Nationalism - India - Rajasthan - Religious aspects | |
Soggetto geografico: | Rajasthan (India) Social life and customs |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2003. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-246) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. The Land of Heroes: Rajasthani Soil and Rajput Blood; 3. Heroic Story: Slaughter and Glory; 4. Heroic Story Frames: Liberation, Perfection, and Seclusion; 5. Heroic Song: End of the Story and Beyond; Glossary; Bibliography; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | This title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The goddesses' henchmen |
ISBN: | 0-19-773937-7 |
1-280-70400-4 | |
0-19-534834-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910821137003321 |
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