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Heroic Wives

Rituals, Stories and the Virtues of Jain Wifehood

Gebonden Engels 2009 9780195389647
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In this fieldwork-based study, Kelting explores the ways in which Jain women use sati narratives and rituals to understand wifehood as a choice, which these women's ongoing ritual practices continually shape. She focuses on eight well-known Jain sati narratives, recorded in both formal ritual contexts and in informal retellings, and also as read aloud from printed versions. She finds that one of the principal functions of Jain sati narratives is to contribute to a discourse of wifehood, which addresses the concerns of Jain laywomen within the Jain value system and provides a fertile context in which Jain women can explore their questions of virtue and piety.

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ISBN13:9780195389647
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:264
Uitgever:OUP USA

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