Contestation and compliance : retrieving women's 'agency' from Puranic traditions
Tyagi, JayaAuthor
Indian Institute of Advanced Study,associated with work.
This work is a study of the shifts in historical context of ritual observances from Vedic to Puranic traditions. It looks into the representations of women in early textual traditions to explore how women's identities are not only established in ritual spaces but are also constantly reworked and negotiated. It is in this context that this book attempts to're-read' the Matsyamahapurana and through the study of vratas and myths, reconstruct the anxieties that theological traditions have with regard to women and women's responses to these anxieties.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is a study of the shifts in historical context of ritual observances from Vedic to Puranic traditions. It looks into the representations of women in early textual traditions to explore how women's identities are not only established in ritual spaces but are also constantly reworked and negotiated. It is in this context that this book attempts to're-read' the Matsyamahapurana and through the study of vratas and myths, reconstruct the anxieties that theological traditions have with regard to women and women's responses to these anxieties.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2014).
Puranas.
Vedas.
Women in Hinduism
Women
Sex role
Religion
Philosophy & Religion
Hinduism