| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 228 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Housemistress at the door / Ellison Banks Findly -- Ritual rights / Mary McGee -- Mantras and miscarriage / Laurie L. Patton -- Giver or given? / Stephanie W. Jamison -- Om, the Vedas, and the status of women with special reference to Śrīvaiṛṇavism / Katherine K. Young -- Casting light on the sounds of the Tamil Veda / Vasudha Narayanan -- By what authority? / Nancy Auer Falk -- Hindu nationalist women / Paola Bacchetta -- Counterpoint authority in women's ritual expressions / Ann Grodzins Gold. |
| Summary |
The essays in this collection address the problem of Hindu women's relationship to authority, both within and without the textual traditions of Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and English. The authors adopt a method of close textual and ethnographic reading, which results in some surprisingly new andsubtle ways of interpreting older, more "classical" discourses, such as Veda and Mimamsa, as well as newer discourses, such as the RSS use of the Devimahatmya. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women -- India -- Social conditions.
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Women. |
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India. |
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Social conditions. |
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Hindu women -- India -- History.
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Hindu women. |
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History. |
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. |
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Hinduism -- Social aspects.
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Hinduism -- Social aspects. |
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Hinduism. |
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Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
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Women's rights -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism. |
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Dowry -- India -- History.
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Dowry. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
| Added Author |
Patton, Laurie L., 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Jewels of authority. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002 (DLC) 99053416 |
| ISBN |
9780195350647 (electronic book) |
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0195350642 (electronic book) |
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9780195134780 |
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0195134788 |
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0195134788 (Cloth) |
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