
Women's Lives, Women's Rituals in the Hindu Tradition
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- Intro
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Contributors
- Introduction
- PART I: Engaging Domesticity
- 1. The Cat in the Courtyard: The Performance of Sanskrit and the Religious Experience of Women
- 2. Wandering from "Hills to Valleys" with the Goddess: Protection and Freedom in the Matamma Tradition of Andhra
- 3. Lovesick Gopi or Woman's Best Friend? The Mythic Sakhi and Ritual Friendships among Women in Benares
- 4. Words That Breach Walls: Women's Rituals in Rajasthan
- 5. Threshold Designs, Forehead Dots, and Menstruation Rituals: Exploring Time and Space in Tamil Kolams
- PART II: Beyond Domesticity
- 6. Domesticity and Difference/Women and Men: Religious Life in Medieval Tamilnadu
- 7. The Anatomy of Devotion: The Life and Poetry of Karaikkal Ammaiyar
- 8. The Play of the Mother: Possession and Power in Hindu Women's Goddess Rituals
- 9. Does Tantric Ritual Empower Women? Renunciation and Domesticity among Female Bengali Tantrikas
- 10. Performing Arts, Re-forming Rituals: Women and Social Change in South India
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