Women's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition

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Women's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition

edited by Tracy Pintchman

Oxford University Press, 2007

  • : pbk
  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

  • Pt. 1. Engaging domesticity. The cat in the courtyard : the performance of Sanskrit and the religious experience of women / Laurie L. Patton
  • Wandering from "hills to valleys" with the goddess : protection and freedom in the Matamma tradition of Andhra / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
  • Lovesick Gopi or woman's best friend : the mythic Sakhi and ritual friendships among women in Benares / Tracy Pintchman
  • Words that breach walls : women's rituals in Rajasthan / Lindsey Harlan
  • Threshold designs, forehead dots, and menstruation rituals : exploring time and space in Tamil Kolams / Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan
  • Pt. 2. Beyond domesticity. Domesticity and difference/women and men : religious life in medieval Tamilnadu / Leslie C. Orr
  • The anatomy of devotion : the life and poetry of Karaikkal Ammaiyar / Elaine Craddock
  • The play of the mother : possession and power in Hindu women's goddess rituals / Kathleen M. Erndl
  • Does Tantric ritual empower women? : renunciation and domesticity among female Bengali Tantrikas / June McDaniel
  • Performing arts, re-forming rituals : women and social change in South India / Vasudha Narayanan

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