Women in the Hindu World

Women in the Hindu World explores the role of womanhood in Hindu religious culture and how the faith influences women's social experiences.

About the author

Mandakranta Bose, Emeritus Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, is a former director of the university’s Centre for India and South Asia Research, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. A Sanskrit scholar, Professor Bose is an alumnus of Calcutta University, the University of British Columbia, and Oxford University, with a D. Phil. degree in Sanskrit from Oxford. Among her many books and articles on the Hindu religion, Sanskrit literature, epics of India, classical dance and drama, gender issues, are: The Goddess (Oxford, 2018), The Ramayana in Bengali Folk Paintings (New Delhi, 2017), and "Theology, Sexuality and Gender in the Hindu Tradition" (Oxford Handbook of Theology, Gender and Sexuality, 2015).

Summary

Women in the Hindu World explores the role of womanhood in Hindu religious culture and how the faith influences women’s social experiences.

Product details

• Authors: Mandakranta Bose
• Assisted by: The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (Editor)
• Publisher: Insight Editions USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2023
• EAN: 9781647229160
• ISBN: 978-1-64722-916-0
• Series: The Oxford Centre for Hindu St
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, RELIGION / Hinduism / Theology, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs