Women's renunciation in South Asia
Subtitle: nuns, yoginis, saints, and singers
By: edited by Meena Khandelwal, Sondra L. Hausner, Ann Grodzins Gold.
Contributors: Khandelwal, Meena.; Hausner, Sondra L.; Gold, Ann Grodzins, 1946-
Series: Religion/culture/critique
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
Subjects: Women -- Religious life -- South Asia.; Women and religion -- South Asia.; Monastic and religious life of women -- South Asia.
Description: This volume brings together new research on South Asia women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Sondra L. Hausner and Meena Khandelwal; title: Do saints need sleep? / Meena Khandelwal; title: Living practical dharma / Sara Shneiderman; title: The true river Ganges / Kristin Hanssen; title: Staying in place / Sondra L. Hausner; title: Passionate renouncers / Kalyani Devaki Menon; title: How Buddhist renunciation produces difference / Kim Gutschow; title: Renouncing expectations / Lisa I. Knight; title: These hands are not for henna / Anne Vallely; title: Afterword : breaking away; title: / Ann Grodzins Gold.