Water and Womanhood - Religious Meanings of Rivers in Maharashtra

Klappentext Feldhaus examines the role of certain `domestic' values in the religious meanings of rivers in Maharashtra! a large region of western India. Feldhaus draws both on written religious texts and on a wide range of oral! iconographic! and ritual materials gathered in the course of field work in India. Zusammenfassung Feldhaus examines the role of certain 'domestic' values in the religious meanings of rivers in Maharashtra! a large region of western India. Feldhaus draws both on written religious texts and on a wide range of oral! iconographic! and ritual materials gathered in the course of field work in India.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Feldhaus
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.05.1995
• EAN: 9780195092837
• ISBN: 978-0-19-509283-7
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, India, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Tribal religions, Indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal