Women in the Hindu World
$59.99
- Hardcover
300 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2023
Summary
Women in the Hindu World explores the role of womanhood in Hindu religious culture and how the faith influences women’s social experiences.
This book encourages readers to develop and nurture their own understanding of the life of a woman as a Hindu. The seven chapters proceed both historically and thematically, exploring abstract philosophical concepts about women, as well as concrete worldly conditions of the lives they lead, from the earliest stages of Hindu societ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781647229160 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1647229162 |
| Author: | Mandakranta Bose |
| Publisher: | Insight Editions |
| Imprint: | Mandala Publishing Group |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 300 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 482g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
| Series: | The Oxford Centre For Hindu Studies |
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Mandakranta Bose
Mandakranta Bose
Emeritus Professor at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. Former Director of the university’s Centre for India and South Asia Research. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain, and the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies.
A Sanskrit scholar, Professor Bose is an alumnus of Calcutta University, the University of British Columbia, and Oxford University, with a D. Phil. degree in Sanskrit from Oxford.
Among her many books and articles on the Hindu religion, Sanskrit literature, epics of India, classical dance and drama, and gender issues, are:
- The Goddess (Oxford, 2018)
- The Ramayana in Bengali Folk Paintings (New Delhi, 2017)
- “Theology, Sexuality and Gender in the Hindu Tradition” (Oxford Handbook of Theology, Gender and Sexuality, 2015)
The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
An academy for the study of Hindu cultures, societies, philosophies, religions, and languages.
The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Mandala Publishing Series offers authoritative yet accessible introductions to a wide range of subjects in Hindu Studies. Each book in the series aims to present its subject matter in a form that is engaging and readily comprehensible to persons of all backgrounds – academic or otherwise – without compromising scholarly rigour. The series thus bridges the divide between academic and popular writing by preserving and utilising the best elements of both.
General Editor: Lucian Wong
Editorial Board: John Brockington, Avni Chag, James Madaio, and Valters Negribs
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