Acknowledgments Introduction Part I Images of Women in Contemporary Marathi Literature Woman and Goddess in the Poetry of P. S. Rege Philip Engblom Male Playwrights and Female Characters: Are Marathi Plays about Men or Women? Mahadev L. Apte Language and Power in Images of Indian Women Janet A. Contursi Stri Dalit Sahitya: The New Voice of Women Poets Eleanor Zelliot Part II Women and Goddesses in Maharashtrian Religion Sivaji's Mother James W Laine All the God's Wives Gunther D. Sontheimer Goddess as Sister: The Case of Bhivai Anne Feldhaus In Quest of Saubhagya : The Roles and Goals of Women as Depicted in Marathi Stories of Votive Devotions Mary McGee Sati in the Maratha Country: An Historical Perspective A. R. Kulkarni Part III Images of Women in Old Marathi Literature Cakradhar and Women S. G. Tulpule Janabai and Kanhopatra: A Study of Two Women Sants Sarah Sellergren Women Saint-Poets' Conception of Liberation Tara Bhavalkar The Concept of Woman in the Poems of Tukaram Irina Glushkova About the Contributors Index
Anne Feldhaus is Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Arizona State University.
"Many fine and illuminating never-before published translations from the Marathi (especially the poetry and folk epics) are provided in this book. Among South Asia scholars, Maharashtra is well-known to be one of India's most significant 'culture-producing' areas. That is to say, many influential movements and leaders have had their roots in this region. It is moreover a region of special significance to many of India's Hindus, because of its long resistance to Moghul and then to British rule during the seventeenth and earlier eighteenth centuries. Despite this significance, it has until recently been a surprisingly under-studied region, especially in Western countries." - Nancy Auer Falk, Western Michigan University "While focusing on one geographical and linguistic area of India, the book covers a range of approaches. The contributors cite either sound literary evidence or sociological facts to back their arguments. I do not read Marathi myself, but I found the translations of verses fresh and pleasant." - Nalini Devdas, Carleton University "We lack any sustained treatment of images of women in Maharashtra. The book will join other region-based studies on women that have already appeared (on Rajasthan, Tamilnadu, Bengal, etc.) to provide a more nuanced understanding of literary images, women's rites and lore, and gender ideology in South Asia." - Kathryn Hansen, National Endowment for the Humanities
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
