Author: Hawley, John Stratton ; editor:
Title: Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India
Description: New York, Oxford University Press, 1994. orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, xii,214 pp. PAPERBACK.. Textual map & illustrations. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: The iconographies of Sati / Paul B. Courtright -- Die flambierte frau : Sati in european culture / Dorothy M. Figueira -- Perfection and devotion : Sati tradition in Rajasthan / Lindsey Harlan -- The Roop Kanwar case / Veena Talwar Oldenburg -- Sati as profit versus sati as spectable : the public debate on Roop Kanwar’s death / Ashis Nandy

Keywords: History of Religion, Sati, Hindu Hinduism, Women, Social History, India South Asia, , ,