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Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers - Religion / Culture / Critique Meena Khandelwal 2006 edition
Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers - Religion / Culture / Critique
Meena Khandelwal
This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions.
336 pages, Illustrations, map
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 24, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9781403972217 |
| Publishers | Palgrave USA |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 21 mm · 458 g |
| Editor | Gold, A. |
| Editor | Hausner, Sondra L. |
| Editor | Khandelwal, M. |