From the Margins of Hindu Marriage: Essays on Gender, Religion, and Culture

ISBN-13: 9780195081176 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 264 str.

Lindsey Harlan; Paul B. Courtright

Opis

This collection of essays explores the meanings of marriage in South Asian Hindu culture. Through the perspective of gender, it describes local practices, attitudes, ritual symbols and religious sensibilities as they impact on religion, gender and social life in the Hindu world.

Recenzje

The essays are substantial, illuminating and well-written, and as a whole, the book appears a milestone in the study of Indian marriage.