Promising rituals: gender and performativity in eastern india
Auteur :
Hauser, Beatrix
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781138665033
Date de publication :
21 janv. 2016
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
370 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Drawn from intensive ethnographic fieldwork in southern Orissa, in eastern India, the book shows how the performance of rituals influences the understanding that Hindu women form of their own selves, their sense of femininity, identity as well as their role and position in the lived-in world, and vice versa.