Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India

by Sarah Pinto

Book Overview

In her role as devoted wife, the Hindu goddess Parvati is the divine embodiment of viraha, the agony of separation from one's beloved, a form of love that is also intense suffering. These contradictory emotions reflect the overlapping dissolutions of love, family, and mental health explored by Sarah Pinto in this visceral ethnography.

Daughters of Parvati centers on the lives of women in different settings of psychiatric care...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245830
• ISBN13: 9780812245837
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"