[PDF.85jt] "Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind": Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women (Mcgill Studies in the History of Religions)

"Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind": Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women (Mcgill Studies in the History of Religions)

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||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| An amazing Book on Woman in Hinduism!|By Isis|This book is amazing! I read it for an anthro class and was profoundly moved by what I read. Westerns always think of woman in other cultures and religions to be degraded and un-impowered, but this book shows that our ideas are not the truth. Each woman is portrayed in a truthful and empowering light. I highly recommmend this book t| |Drawing extensively on the personal narratives of individual women, this study subtly corrects the prevailing view that all women observe vrats solely for the benefit of others. The author shows that Hindu women's sense of duty and obligation to ensure the wel

Explores the history and nature of vrats (ritual fasts) in text and practice, and the roles these rites play in the lives of Hindu women in North India.

This is the first book-length study that explores the history and nature of vratsotive fasting rites--the role these rites play in the religious lives of Hindu women in North India, and the meanings these women attribute to them. By placing vrats within the context of various Hindu religious categories such...

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