Ashes of Immortality
Widow-Burning in India
This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia.
Specificaties
ISBN/EAN | 9780226885698 |
Auteur | Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine |
Uitgever | Van Ditmar Boekenimport B.V. |
Taal | Engels |
Uitvoering | Paperback / gebrocheerd |
Pagina's | 329 |
Lengte | 227.0 mm |
Breedte | 157.0 mm |