Jewels of Authority - Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India

Klappentext The essays in this collection address the problem of Hindu women's relationship to authority! both within and without the textual traditions of Sanskrit! Tamil! Hindi! and English. The authors adopt a method of close textual and ethnographic reading! which results in some surprisingly new and subtle ways of interpreting older! more "classical" discourses! such as Veda and Mimamsa! as well as newer discourses! such as the RSS use of the Devimahatmya. Zusammenfassung Recent years have seen an explosion in the scholarship on the religious experiences of women. Including new work by such scholars as Stephanie Jamison! Vasudha Narayanan! and Ann Grozdins Gold! this collection aims to set a new benchmark for feminist studies of Hinduism.

Product details

• Authors: Patton
• Assisted by: Patton (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2002
• EAN: 9780195134780
• ISBN: 978-0-19-513478-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, Hinduism, Sacred texts, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Sacred texts, scriptures and revered writings