Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India - John Stratton Hawley - Books - Oxford University Press Inc - 9780195077742 - November 3, 1994
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Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India

John Stratton Hawley

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Sati, the Blessing and the Curse: The Burning of Wives in India

This is a collection of new essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors include both American and Indian scholars, and they address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves.


227 pages, frontispiece, halftones, map

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released November 3, 1994
ISBN13 9780195077742
Publishers Oxford University Press Inc
Genre Religious Orientation > Hindu
Pages 232
Dimensions 153 × 228 × 14 mm   ·   378 g
Language English  
Editor Hawley, John Stratton (Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Barnard College; Director, South Asian Institute, Professor and Chair, Department of Religion, Barnard College; Director, South Asian Institute, Columbia University)

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