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Contestation and compliance : retrieving women's 'agency' from Puranic traditions / Jaya Tyagi.

By: Publisher: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xv, 283 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199451821 (hbk.)
  • 0199451826
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 294.5082 TYA 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1237.46 .T83 2014
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword Preface Note on transliteration Abbreviations Introduction: Representations, Re-presentations, and Retrieval 1. The Puranas as Repositaries of Ritual Observances 2. Redefining Domesticity through Ritual Observances 3. Contestation and Negotiation in Myths and Rituals in Myths 4. Channelizing Feminine Energy through Representations of Goddess(es) Conclusion:The Social Consequences of 'Sacralizing' Women's Familial Roles Appendices Glossary Bibliography Index
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-270) and index.

Foreword
Preface
Note on transliteration
Abbreviations
Introduction: Representations, Re-presentations, and Retrieval
1. The Puranas as Repositaries of Ritual Observances
2. Redefining Domesticity through Ritual Observances
3. Contestation and Negotiation in Myths and Rituals in Myths
4. Channelizing Feminine Energy through Representations of Goddess(es)
Conclusion:The Social Consequences of 'Sacralizing' Women's Familial Roles
Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index