Bibliograph

Contestation and compliance, retrieving women's 'agency' from Puranic traditions, Jaya Tyagi

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Contestation and compliance, retrieving women's 'agency' from Puranic traditions, Jaya Tyagi

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Contestation and compliance

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

896997518

Responsibility statement

Jaya Tyagi

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

retrieving women's 'agency' from Puranic traditions

Summary

This work is a study of the shifts in historical context of ritual observances from Vedic to Puranic traditions. It looks into the representations of women in early textual traditions to explore how women's identities are not only established in ritual spaces but are also constantly reworked and negotiated. It is in this context that this book attempts to're-read' the Matsyamahapurana and through the study of vratas and myths, reconstruct the anxieties that theological traditions have with regard to women and women's responses to these anxieties

Target audience

specialized

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