Burning Women

Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India

AvP. Banerjee

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700

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Beskrivning

In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but also intersected in fascinating ways with specifically European forms of ritualized violence and European constructions of gender ideology.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-02-06
Mått:140 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:384 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
Antal sidor:278
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781349730469

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

POMPA BANERJEE is Assistant Professor of English at University of Colorado, Denver and author of a number of articles on east-west connections in the early modern period.

Recensioner i media

'Overall this is an impressive book which synthesizes disparate narratives of discovery, morality, and gender differentiation to illuminate the role of women in early modern culture.' - Jyotsna Singh, Michigan State University

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Renaissance Crossings; Widows, Witches, and Forms of Literary Haunting Under Western Eyes: Sati and Witches in European Representations Instructions for Christian Women: The Sati and European Widows Disorderly Wives, Poison, and the Iconography of Female Murderers Civility and "dying" to Speak: the Sati, Fetish, and History