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Heroic wives : rituals, stories, and the virtues of Jain wifehood /

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In this fieldwork-based study, Kelting explores the ways in which Jain women use sati narratives and rituals to understand wifehood as a choice, which these women's ongoing ritual practices continually shape. She focuses on eight well-known Jain sati narratives.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kelting, Mary Whitney
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Women in Jainism.
Jaina women > Conduct of life.
Wives > India > Conduct of life.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Jainism.
Jainism > Rituals.
Femmes dans le jaïnisme.
Femmes jaïna > Morale pratique.
Femmes mariées > Inde > Morale pratique.
Mariage > Aspect religieux > Jaïnisme.
Jaïnisme > Rituel.
Jainism.
RELIGION.
Marriage > Religious aspects > Jainism
Jainism > Rituals
Wives > Conduct of life
Women in Jainism
India
Marriage.
Living arrangements.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:In this fieldwork-based study, Kelting explores the ways in which Jain women use sati narratives and rituals to understand wifehood as a choice, which these women's ongoing ritual practices continually shape. She focuses on eight well-known Jain sati narratives.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 250 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0195389646
9780195389647
0199736790
9780199736799
9780190452865
0190452862