Playing for real : hindu role models, religion, and gender/
Playing for real : hindu role models, religion, and gender/
edited by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas
- New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004.
- xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Introduction: Playing for real: 'Hindu' role models, religion, and gender / Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas --
Role, role model, and function: the Sanskrit epic warrior in comparison and theory / Alf Hiltebeitel --
Digits from the Dada: pointers to the articulation of Sainik role models in Mumbai / Raminder Kaur --
Childhood and schooling in an Indian village / Padma Sarangapani --
Confrontation, transgression, and submission: ideals of womanhood in the Manasāmaṅgala / Mandakranta Bose --
Is love still stronger than dharma? Whatever happened to Sita's choice and the gopīs' voice? / Heidi Pauwels --
Pregnancy rituals amongst the Rajput elite in contemporary Rajasthan: anthropology and the world of women / Marzia Balzani --
Subverting the fierce goddess: Phoolan Devi and the politics of vengeance / Sarah Caldwell.
9780195667226
Manners and customs
Role models
Hindu mythology
Hinduism--Influence
294.5 / HIR/P
Introduction: Playing for real: 'Hindu' role models, religion, and gender / Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas --
Role, role model, and function: the Sanskrit epic warrior in comparison and theory / Alf Hiltebeitel --
Digits from the Dada: pointers to the articulation of Sainik role models in Mumbai / Raminder Kaur --
Childhood and schooling in an Indian village / Padma Sarangapani --
Confrontation, transgression, and submission: ideals of womanhood in the Manasāmaṅgala / Mandakranta Bose --
Is love still stronger than dharma? Whatever happened to Sita's choice and the gopīs' voice? / Heidi Pauwels --
Pregnancy rituals amongst the Rajput elite in contemporary Rajasthan: anthropology and the world of women / Marzia Balzani --
Subverting the fierce goddess: Phoolan Devi and the politics of vengeance / Sarah Caldwell.
9780195667226
Manners and customs
Role models
Hindu mythology
Hinduism--Influence
294.5 / HIR/P