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Burning Women: Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India - Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700 P. Banerjee 1st ed. 2003 edition
Burning Women: Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India - Early Modern Cultural Studies 1500–1700
P. Banerjee
In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but also intersected in fascinating ways with specifically European forms of ritualized violence and European constructions of gender ideology.
278 pages, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 6, 2003 |
| ISBN13 | 9781349730469 |
| Publishers | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Pages | 278 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 22 mm · 384 g |
| Language | English |
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