| Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers 2006 Edition Contributor(s): Khandelwal, M. (Editor), Hausner, Sondra L. (Editor), Gold, A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1403972214 ISBN-13: 9781403972217 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $113.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2006 Annotation: This volume brings together new ethnographic research on South Asian women who have abandoned worldly life for spiritual pursuits. All have renounced some combination of the following: marriage, sex, procreation, kin, financial security, concern with beauty, and sensual pleasures. Documenting contemporary women' s experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu, and Baul ascetic traditions. This collection also considers the hardships endured by women committed to religious paths more commonly taken by men and offers a refreshing antidote to the relentless image of South Asian women as dependent on male kin and defined by their sexual and procreative roles. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Sexuality & Gender Studies - Religion | Eastern - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 206.570 |
| LCCN: 2005056645 |
| Series: Religion/Culture/Critique |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.76" W x 8.38" (1.01 lbs) 296 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions. |