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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... later portions of this book , the history of British involvement in the practice of sati is turf well plowed but still much disputed . Suffice it to say that the British - and after them , the government of independent India - took a ...
... later portions of this book , the history of British involvement in the practice of sati is turf well plowed but still much disputed . Suffice it to say that the British - and after them , the government of independent India - took a ...
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... later , before mounting her husband's pyre , she pronounced a curse . She said that from then on no king from that kingdom would ever be able to be mar- ried to more than one woman at the same time . Several generations later , however ...
... later , before mounting her husband's pyre , she pronounced a curse . She said that from then on no king from that kingdom would ever be able to be mar- ried to more than one woman at the same time . Several generations later , however ...
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... later , coercion was so obvious that at least one reporter in a major national newspaper as well as some policemen - had come to the point of lament- ing that torture could not be used to extract information from some of the witnesses.7 ...
... later , coercion was so obvious that at least one reporter in a major national newspaper as well as some policemen - had come to the point of lament- ing that torture could not be used to extract information from some of the witnesses.7 ...
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