Jewels of authority women and textual tradition in Hindu India

Patton, Laurie L., 1961- (Added Author).

Summary: The essays in this collection address the problem of Hindu women's relationship to authority, both within and without the textual traditions of Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and English. The authors adopt a method of close textual and ethnographic reading, which results in some surprisingly new andsubtle ways of interpreting older, more "classical" discourses, such as Veda and Mimamsa, as well as newer discourses, such as the RSS use of the Devimahatmya.

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ISBN: 0195134788
ISBN: 9780195134780
ISBN: 0195134788 (Cloth)
ISBN: 0195350642 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780195350647 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 228 p.)
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Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Housemistress at the door / Ellison Banks Findly -- Ritual rights / Mary McGee -- Mantras and miscarriage / Laurie L. Patton -- Giver or given? / Stephanie W. Jamison -- Om, the Vedas, and the status of women with special reference to Śrīvaiṣṇavism / Katherine K. Young -- Casting light on the sounds of the Tamil Veda / Vasudha Narayanan -- By what authority? / Nancy Auer Falk -- Hindu nationalist women / Paola Bacchetta -- Counterpoint authority in women's ritual expressions / Ann Grodzins Gold.
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