Sati, the blessing and the curse : the burning of wives in India

Author(s)

• Hawley, John Stratton
• Columbia University. Southern Asian Institute

Bibliographic Information

Sati, the blessing and the curse : the burning of wives in India

edited by John Stratton Hawley

Oxford University Press, 1994

• : hbk
• : pbk

Note

"A project of the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University"--P. [v]

Bibliography: p. 195-202

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors include both American and Indian scholars, and they address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves.

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Details

• NCID: BA23351121
• ISBN:
  • 0195077717
  • 0195077741
• LCCN: 92023468
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Tokyo ; Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 214 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : GT3370
  • DC20 : 392
  • NDC8 : 389.25
  • NDC6 : 389.25
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sati