Playing for real
Subtitle: Hindu role models, religion, and gender
By: edited by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst, Lynn Thomas.
Contributors: Suthren Hirst, Jacqueline.; Thomas, Lynn
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Delhi; Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Role models -- Hindu.; Hindus -- Religious life -- Sex.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Playing for real: 'Hindu' role models, religion, and gender -- Jacqueline Suthren Hirst and Lynn Thomas; title: Role, role model, and function: the Sanskrit epic warrior in comparison and theory -- Alf Hiltebeitel; title: Digits from the Dada: pointers to the articulation of Sainik role models in Mumbai -- Raminder Kaur; title: Childhood and schooling in an Indian village -- Padma Sarangapani; title: Confrontation, transgression, and submission: ideals of womanhood in the Manasāmaṅgala -- Mandakranta Bose; title: Is love still stronger than dharma? Whatever happened to Sita's choice and the gopīs' voice? -- Heidi Pauwels; title: Pregnancy rituals amongst the Rajput elite in contemporary Rajasthan: anthropology and the world of women -- Marzia Balzani; title: Subverting the fierce goddess: Phoolan Devi and the politics of vengeance -- Sarah Caldwell.