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Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India Paperback - 1994 - 1st Edition
by John Stratton Hawley (Editor)
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The word sati conjures up a mental picture of a Hindu wife meeting her violent death amidst the flames of her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
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- Title Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India
- Author John Stratton Hawley (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 232
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York, NY
- Date 1994-09-08
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780195077742 / 0195077741
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 9.27 x 6.1 x 0.57 in (23.55 x 15.49 x 1.45 cm)
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- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Cultural Region: Indian
- Religious Orientation: Hindu
- Library of Congress subjects Sati
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 92-23468
- Dewey Decimal Code 392
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United States: Oxford University Press Inc. 1994. Map, 214pp, glossary, bibliography, index, very good paperback copy. Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre and thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings and curses: blessings to guard her family and clan for many generations, and curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing and curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty and self-sacrifice. It often figures near the core of a Hindu identity that feels embattled in a modern world. Yet to those who deplore it, sati is a curse, a violation of every woman's womanhood. It is murder mystified, and as such, the symbol of precisely what Hinduism should not be. In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati: in India and the West; in literature, art, and opera; in religion, psychology, economics,…
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