[PDF.47zq] Heroic Wives Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood

Heroic Wives Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood

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 | #969181 in Books |  2009-10-22 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  6.20 x.70 x9.30l,1.25 | File type: PDF | 264 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Superb exploration of Jain women subjectivities in context!|By U. Chandra|This is an amazingly nuanced and sophisticated exploration of women's everyday ritual behavior and subjectivities among the Gujarati-Marwari Jain communities of western India. Taking her cue from Abu Lila-Lughod, Chandra Mohanty, and Saba Mahmood, Kelting weaves a rich narrative from textual and ethnograp|About the Author|M. Whitney Kelting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Northeastern University

Although in Hinduism it is mainly used to refer to widow immolation, the term 'sati' means 'true woman' - a female hero. Whitney Kelting has learned that in Jainism satis appear as subjects of devotional hymns. This seems paradoxical, given that Jain spirituality is to disengage oneself from worldly existence and Jain devotionalism is usually directed toward those souls who have reached perfect detachment. In fact, however, there is a vast corpus of popular texts, many o...

You easily download any file type for your device.Heroic Wives Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood   |  M. Whitney Kelting. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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