ISBN: 9781403960184

In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but al… More...

In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but also intersected in fascinating ways with specifically European forms of ritualized violence and European constructions of gender ideology. European accounts of women being burned in India uncannily commented on the burnings of women as witches and criminal wives in Europe. When Europeans narrated their accounts of sati, perhaps the most striking illustration of Hindu patriarchal violence, they did not specifically connect the act of widow burning to a corresponding European signifier: the gruesome ceremonial burnings of women as witches. In examining early modern representations of sati, the book focuses specifically on those strategies that enabled European travellers to protect their own identity as uniquely civilized amidst spectacular displays of ''Eastern barbarity''. Books > Reference > Writing List_Books, [PU: Palgrave Macmillan]<

ISBN: 9781403960184

In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but al… More...

In early modern Europe, the circulation of visual and verbal transmissions of sati, or Hindu widow burning, not only informed responses to the ritualized violence of Hindu culture, but also intersected in fascinating ways with specifically European forms of ritualized violence and European constructions of gender ideology. European accounts of women being burned in India uncannily commented on the burnings of women as witches and criminal wives in Europe. When Europeans narrated their accounts of sati, perhaps the most striking illustration of Hindu patriarchal violence, they did not specifically connect the act of widow burning to a corresponding European signifier: the gruesome ceremonial burnings of women as witches. In examining early modern representations of sati, the book focuses specifically on those strategies that enabled European travellers to protect their own identity as uniquely civilized amidst spectacular displays of 'Eastern barbarity'., Palgrave Macmillan<

2003, ISBN: 9781403960184

Palgrave Macmillan, Hardcover, Auflage: 2003, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-02-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: biography, 0.53 kg, Literature & Drama, Arts & Humanities,… More...

Palgrave Macmillan, Hardcover, Auflage: 2003, 296 Seiten, Publiziert: 2003-02-06T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, Hersteller-Nr.: biography, 0.53 kg, Literature & Drama, Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate & Postgraduate, Special Features, Books, Books Global Store, Suicide, Illnesses & Conditions, Health Issues, Health, Family & Lifestyle, Subjects, Literary Theory & Movements, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Communication Studies, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Women's Studies, Travel & Holiday, Format: Illustrated, Palgrave Macmillan, 2003<

ISBN: 1403960186

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