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Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India
John Stratton Hawley
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Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India
John Stratton Hawley
This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors include both American and Indian scholars, and they address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves.
227 pages, frontispiece, halftones, map
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | November 3, 1994 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195077742 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Genre | Religious Orientation > Hindu |
| Pages | 232 |
| Dimensions | 153 × 228 × 14 mm · 378 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Hawley, John Stratton (Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Barnard College; Director, South Asian Institute, Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Barnard College; Director, South Asian Institute, Columbia University) |
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