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Women in ochre robes : gendering Hindu renunciation /
"Meena Khandelwal offers an engaging and intimate portrait of extraordinary Hindu women in India who wear "ochre robes," signifying their renunciation of marriage and family for lives of celibacy, asceticism, and spiritual discipline. While the largely male Hindu ascetic tradition of...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2004.
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| Colección: | SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Women In Ochre Robes
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Introduction: Sannyasinis as Persons
- 1. Gendering Hindu Renunciation
- 2. Walking a Tightrope: Renunciation as Love
- 3. Real Saints Don�t Need Sleep: Renunciation as Service
- 4. (Ir?)reconcilable Tensions: Individual Existence as Spiritual Journey
- 5. The Genuine and The Fake: What�s Attitude Got to Do with It?
- 6. Sannyasinis as Women
- Notes
- Glossary
- Works Cited
- Index
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- D
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- F
- G
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- I
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- K
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- MN
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