Playing for real : hindu role models, religion, and gender/ edited by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas
Material type: TextPublication details: New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2004Description: xii, 190 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780195667226Subject(s): Manners and customs | Role models | Hindu mythology | Hinduism--InfluenceDDC classification: 294.5Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 294.5 HIR/P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P03252 |
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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.
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