Sacrificed wife/sacrificer's wife : women, ritual, and hospitality in ancient India
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Sacrificed wife/sacrificer's wife : women, ritual, and hospitality in ancient India
Oxford University Press, 1996
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Available at 25 libraries
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Note
Bibliography: p. 307-318
Includes indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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: hbk ISBN 9780195096620
Description
Jamison examines the conceptual position of women in the culture of early India, specifically the Vedic and early epic periods (c.1500-200 BCE). This book is intended for students and scholars of Asian Studies, Women's Studies.
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: pbk ISBN 9780195096637
Description
Jamison examines the conceptual position of women in the culture of early India, specifically the Vedic and early epic periods (c.1500-200 BCE).
Table of Contents
Part I: Introduction
Part II: Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife: The Mth of Manu's Cups
Part III: The Wife in Ritual
A: The Wife and Other Ritual Actors
B: Situating the Wife in Ritual
C: Sexuality and Fertility--Symbolic Representations
D: Sexuality and Fertility--The Asvnamedha
E: Sexuality and Fertility--"Negative" Representations
F: Hospitality and Exchange Relations: The Soma Sacrifice
Part IV: The Anxieties of Hospitality
A: Introduction--Oghavati and Ahalya
B: Hospitality and Hostly Perils
C: Manu's Cups Revisited I: The Cow, the Wife and the Power of the Guest
D: Manu's Cups Revisited II: The Vocabulary of Hospitality
E: Exploited Guests and Reluctant Receivers
Part V: Women and Marriage
A: Marriage and Exchange
B: Marriage by Capture
C: Maidenly Self-Determination
Part IV: Finale
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