Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in IndiaJohn Stratton Hawley Oxford University Press, 1994 - 214 pages Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing and curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty and self-sacrifice. It often figures near the core of a Hindu identity that feels embattled in a modern world. Yet to those who deplore it, sati is a curse, a violation of every woman's womanhood. It is murder mystified, and as such, the symbol of precisely what Hinduism should not be.In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati: in India and the West; in literature, art, and opera; in religion, psychology, economics, and politics. With contributors who are both Indian and American, this is a genuinely binational, postcolonial discussion. Contributors include Karen Brown, Paul Courtright, Vidya Dehejia, Ainslie Embree, Dorothy Figueira, Lindsey Harlan, John Hawley, Robin Lewis, Ashis Nandy, and Veena Talwar Oldenburg. |
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... give account of its limits . If there have been women who entered the fire out of pure devotion and a compelling confidence in the reality of rebirth and the effectiveness of self - sacrifice , these women must indeed be goddesses ...
... give account of its limits . If there have been women who entered the fire out of pure devotion and a compelling confidence in the reality of rebirth and the effectiveness of self - sacrifice , these women must indeed be goddesses ...
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... give solace to the screaming , preverbal infant as well as to the frightened adult . Religion binds the whole together . The richly sensual character of Hindu ritualizing adds an important nuance to this picture and suggests that ...
... give solace to the screaming , preverbal infant as well as to the frightened adult . Religion binds the whole together . The richly sensual character of Hindu ritualizing adds an important nuance to this picture and suggests that ...
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... gives him the answer she knows he would love to hear . 3. Parvati is performing as a mouthpiece , reciting the ... give opposite meanings to the behavior ex- pected of the good woman . The existence of a 168 Sati , the Blessing and ...
... gives him the answer she knows he would love to hear . 3. Parvati is performing as a mouthpiece , reciting the ... give opposite meanings to the behavior ex- pected of the good woman . The existence of a 168 Sati , the Blessing and ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 3 |
The Iconographies of Sati | 27 |
Sati in European Culture | 55 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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anti-sati Ashis Nandy believe Bengal Brahmin British burning caste chunari coercion colonial contemporary Coomaraswamy Courtright cremation critics culture curse custom debate Delhi Deorala Deorala sati devotion dharma dowry elites essay European event feminist Figueira flames funeral pyre goddess groups Harlan Hindi Hindu husband immolation in-laws Indian issue Jain Jaipur jauhar Jhunjhunu Kennedy Kishwar and Vanita Mahabharata Manushi metempsychosis modern moral mother murder Muslim myth Nandy Nandy's Narayani Satimata Nathu's nineteenth century non-Rajput Oldenburg Oxford University Press Parvati pativrata political practice of sati protection Rajasthan Rajput Rajput women religion religious rite ritual role Roop Kanwar Roop Kanwar's death Roop Kanwar's sati Roop's sacrifice Sanskrit sati sati of Roop sati temples sati's satimata secular self-immolation Shah Bano Shiva shrine Sikar Singh Smṛti social society story suicide Suttee symbol tion tradition Trial by Fire urban Veena village vrat Western widow wife woman