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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... person but a thing — often , implicitly , something that ought to be halted . Specifically , as Hobson - Jobson , the great Anglo - Indian dictionary says , sati is " the rite of widow - burning ; i.e. , the burning of the living widow ...
... person but a thing — often , implicitly , something that ought to be halted . Specifically , as Hobson - Jobson , the great Anglo - Indian dictionary says , sati is " the rite of widow - burning ; i.e. , the burning of the living widow ...
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... person or persons have behaved badly and that behavior of such a nature is un- acceptable to her . The curse , which hangs over a family for a number of generations , usually seven , serves to encourage within it proper attitudes and ...
... person or persons have behaved badly and that behavior of such a nature is un- acceptable to her . The curse , which hangs over a family for a number of generations , usually seven , serves to encourage within it proper attitudes and ...
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... person who inhabits it to the dominations of another person's opposing will . The least coercive of mothers must sometimes restrain an infant's movements , or make it wait against its wishes . . . .3 And from such inevitabilities , when ...
... person who inhabits it to the dominations of another person's opposing will . The least coercive of mothers must sometimes restrain an infant's movements , or make it wait against its wishes . . . .3 And from such inevitabilities , when ...
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