Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition

by Tracy Pintchman

Book Overview

In this book, Tracy Pintchman has assembled ten leading scholars of Hinduism to explore the complex relationship between Hindu women's rituals and their lives beyond ritual. The book focuses particularly on the relationship of women's ritual practices to domesticity, exposing and exploring the nuances, complexities, and limits of this relationship. In many cultural and historical contexts, including contemporary India, women's everyday lives tend...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019517707X
• ISBN13: 9780195177077
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.6" x 9.3"