Jewels of authority :: women and textual tradition in Hindu India /

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 andsu...

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Weitere Verfasser: Patton, Laurie L., 1961-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxii, 228 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780195350647
0195350642
9780195134780
0195134788

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