Images of Women in Maharashtrian Literature and Religion: A Translation of the Pratyabhijnahrdayam with an Introduction and Notes, by KsemarajaAnne Feldhaus, Professor of Religious Studies Anne Feldhaus The essays investigate the images of women and femininity found in the traditions of the Marathi language region of India, Maharashtra, and how these images contradict the actualities of women's lives. |
Contents
Woman and Goddess in the Poetry of P S Rege | 9 |
Are Marathi Plays about Men or Women? | 25 |
Language and Power in Images of Indian Women | 43 |
The New Voice of Women Poets | 65 |
Sivajis Mother | 97 |
All the Gods Wives | 115 |
The Case of Bhivai | 135 |
The Roles and Goals of Women as Depicted in Marathi Stories of Votive Devotions | 147 |
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A. K. Ramanujan abhangas Ambedkar Bāṇāī Bāņu became become sati bhakta Bhivai birth body Bombay Brāhmaṇ brahmin brother Cakradhar caste century child cultural Dalit Dalvi Dalvi's plays death demons Deśmukh devotion Dhangars dharma Dhuļobā Divali Eleanor Zelliot essay express father feet Feldhaus female feminine funeral pyre gender goddess hero Hindu Hindu women human husband images of women India Janābāī Jani Jejuri Jījābāī Kānhopātrā Khandoba Kṛṣṇa Lanjewar lives Lord Maharashtra male Mallārī Mangalā Marāṭhā country Marathi language Marathi literature marriage married Marutinagar metaphors Mhāļsā mother movement Muslim Namdev observed P. S. Rege Pandharpur Pārvatī Patit Pawan Peśvā poetry poets political Poona Prakashan prakṛti Pune purușa quarrel Rege Rege's relationship religious rite ritual river role śakti Sanskrit Sants satī saubhagya says sexual sister Śiva Śivājī slum dwellers social songs Sontheimer Śrāvaṇa Tānājī temple tradition translated Tulpule Vārkarī Vitthal votive vrata widow wife wives woman women saints worldly
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