TY - BOOK AU - Hirst, Jacqueline Suthren, ed. AU - Thomas, Lynn, ed. TI - Playing for real : hindu role models, religion, and gender SN - 9780195667226 U1 - 294.5 PY - 2004/// CY - New Delhi PB - Oxford University Press KW - Manners and customs KW - Role models KW - Hindu mythology KW - Hinduism--Influence N1 - 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 ER -