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Auteur(s) : Saxena, Monika
Titre(s) : Women and the Purāṇic tradition in India [Texte imprimé] / Monika Saxena
Publication : London : Routledge, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVII-288 p.) ; 23 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [260]-280. Index
Texte remanié de : Dissertation : Hinduism : University of Delhi : 2014
This book analyses the diverse ways in which women have been represented in the Puranic
traditions in ancient India - the virtuous wife, mother, daughter, widow, and prostitute
- against the socio-religious milieu around CE 300-1000. Puranas (lit. ancient narratives)
are brahmanical texts that largely fall under the category of socio-religious literature
which were more broad-based and inclusive, unlike the Smrtis, which were accessible
mainly to the upper sections of society. In locating, identifying, and commenting
on the multiplicity of the images and depictions of women's roles in Puranic traditions,
the author highlights their lives and experiences over time, both within and outside
the traditional confines of the domestic sphere. With a focus on five Mahapuranas
that deal extensively with the social matrix Visnu, Markandeya Matsya, Agni, and Bhagavata
Puranas, the book explores the question of gender and agency in early India and shows
how such identities were recast, invented, shaped, constructed, replicated, stereotyped,
and sometimes reversed through narratives. Further, it traces social consequences
and contemporary relevance of such representations in marriage, adultery, ritual,
devotion, worship, fasts, and pilgrimage. This volume will be of interest to researchers
and scholars in women and gender studies, ancient Indian history, religion, sociology,
literature, and South Asian studies, as also the informed general reader
Sujet(s) : Purāṇa -- Exégèse
Vrata
Femmes et hindouisme
Rôle selon le sexe -- Religion
Femmes -- Religion
Vie religieuse -- Hindouisme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781138286412. - ISBN 1138286419. - ISBN 9780429826399 (erroné) (ePub ebook).
- ISBN 9780429826405 (erroné) (PDF ebook). - ISBN 9780429826382 (erroné) (Mobipocket
ebook). - ISBN 9780429448003 (erroné) (ebook) (rel.)
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