Wives of the God-King: The Rituals of the Devadasis of Puri - Couverture rigide

Marglin, Frederique Apffel

 
9780195617313: Wives of the God-King: The Rituals of the Devadasis of Puri
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0195617312 ISBN 13 : 9780195617313
Editeur : OUP India, 1985

Synopsis

Among the 1,500 devotees of the Hindu temple and cult of Jagannatha at Puri are a handful of women known as "devadasis" or, literally, "female servants of the deity," who are associated with both chastity and concubinage and prostitution. This book focuses on the tension between the purity and impurity of the devadasis, and examines ideas about kingship, power, sexual purity, the role and status of women, and other central concerns of Hindu religious and cultural life that are associated with such rituals.

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Éditeur
OUP India
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195617312
ISBN 13 
9780195617313
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
402
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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