Burning Women

Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India

AvP. Banerjee

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

Del i serien Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700

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Beskrivning

Pompa Banerjee explores early modern accounts and images of burning women bringing together travellers' accounts on sati in India with the burning of witches in EM Europe, a link that contemporary observers studiously repressed. Ultimately, she's interested in how these practices speak to issues of the punishment of women and ideological debates about the proper behaviour of wives and widows.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-02-06
Mått:140 x 216 x 22 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
Antal sidor:278
Upplaga:2003
Förlag:Palgrave USA
ISBN:9781403960184

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi 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.

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'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