Playing for real : Hindu role models, religion, and gender / edited by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst, Lynn Thomas.
Contributor(s): Suthren Hirst, Jacqueline
| Thomas, Lynn (Lynn Karen)
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TextPublisher: New Delhi, India ; Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004Description: xii, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195667220Subject(s): Role models -- Hindu | Hindus -- Religious life -- SexBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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John Bulow Campbell Library | Midrange | BL1215 .S49 P53 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 0182903048474 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.