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" Women's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition "
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The Center of European Languages of Qom(Ale Beit Publications)
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BL
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2420
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b12314
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English
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| Main Entry
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Pintchman, Tracy
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Women's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition/ edited by Tracy Pintchman
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York: Oxford University Press,, 2007.
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xv, 208 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
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0195177061(cloth)
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Print
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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Hindu womenReligious life
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HinduismRituals
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Hindu womenSocial life and customs
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294.5.38082
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BL1237.46.W67 2007
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