Title: Women's renunciation in 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.
Subjects: Women, Religious life, Women and religion, Monastic and religious life of women, Women, religious life, Women, asia
Places: South Asia