Jewels of Authority Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India

Name: Jewels of Authority Women and Textual Tradition in Hindu India
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ISBN: 9780195134780

ISBN-10: 0195134788

ISBN-13: 9780195134780

Edition: 2000

Authors: Laurie Patton

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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.

Book details

Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/31/2002
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Contributors


Abbreviations


Introduction




Ancient Arguments



The Housemistress at the Door: Vedic and Buddhist Perspectives on the Mendicant Encounter




Ritual Rights: The Gender Implications of Adhikara




Mantras and Miscarriage: Controlling Birth in the Late Vedic Period




Classical Arguments



Giver or Given? Some Marriages in Kalidasa




Om the Vedas and the Status of Women with Special Reference to Srivaisnavism




Casting Light on the Sounds of the Tamil Veda: Tirukkoneri Dasyai's "Garland of Words"




Reform and Contemporary Arguments



By What Authority? Hindu Women and the Legitimization of Reform in the Nineteenth Century




Hindu Nationalist Women: On the Use of the Feminine Symbolic to (Temporarily) Displace Male Authority




Counterpoint Authority in Women's Ritual Expressions: A View from the Village



Bibliography


Index