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LEADER: 02500cam a2200361 a 4500
001 2006021014
003 DLC
005 20070712082119.0
008 060623s2007 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2006021014
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020 $a0195177061 (cloth)
020 $a019517707X (pbk.)
020 $a9780195177077 (pbk.)
020 $a9780195177060 (hbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm70208029
035 $a(OCoLC)70208029
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050 00 $aBL1237.46$b.W67 2007
082 00 $a294.5/38082$222
245 00 $aWomen's lives, women's rituals in the Hindu tradition /$cedited by Tracy Pintchman.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2007.
300 $axv, 208 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aPt. 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.
650 0 $aHindu women$xReligious life.
650 0 $aHinduism$xRituals.
650 0 $aHindu women$xSocial life and customs.
700 1 $aPintchman, Tracy.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0616/2006021014.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006021014-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0725/2006021014-d.html