Images of women in Maharashtrian literature and religion

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Images of women in Maharashtrian literature and religion

edited by Anne Feldhaus

State University of New York Press, c1996

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Incudes bibliographical references and index

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The essays investigate the images of women and femininity found in the traditions of the Marathi language region of India, Maharashtra, and how these images contradict the actualities of women's lives.

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Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Images of Women in Contemporary Marathi Literature Woman and Goddess in the Poetry of P. S. Rege Philip Engblom Male Playwrights and Female Characters: Are Marathi Plays about Men or Women? Mahadev L. Apte Language and Power in Images of Indian Women Janet A. Contursi Stri Dalit Sahitya: The New Voice of Women Poets Eleanor Zelliot Part II Women and Goddesses in Maharashtrian Religion Sivaji's Mother James W Laine All the God's Wives Günther D. Sontheimer Goddess as Sister: The Case of Bhivai Anne Feldhaus In Quest of Saubhagya : The Roles and Goals of Women as Depicted in Marathi Stories of Votive Devotions Mary McGee Sati in the Maratha Country: An Historical Perspective A. R. Kulkarni Part III Images of Women in Old Marathi Literature Cakradhar and Women S. G. Tulpule Janabai and Kanhopatra: A Study of Two Women Sants Sarah Sellergren Women Saint-Poets' Conception of Liberation Tara Bhavalkar The Concept of Woman in the Poems of Tukaram Irina Glushkova About the Contributors Index

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