Mirabai
The Making of a Saint
$106.95
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
3 November 2023
Summary
Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories about her multiplied across the subcontinent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780195153903 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0195153901 |
| Author: | Nancy M. Martin |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Imprint: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 3 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 567g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 158mm x 235mm |
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Critics Review
This book is valuable today for its knowledge and insights into the life of a Hindu woman poet as it demonstrates the power of devotion that transcends local contexts and inspires for diverse conversations. * Dr. Atola Longkumer, United Theological College *
This book is valuable today for its knowledge and insights into the life of a Hindu woman poet as it demonstrates the power of devotion that transcends local contexts and inspires diverse conversations. * Atola Longkumer, MIST 41.1 *
The scholarly work involved in producing this volume was surely prodigious: tracking down early versions of the saint’s songs and stories, as well as meticulous comparisons of various versions-oral, dramatic, printed, and cinematic. Enabling the reader to understandthe ways in which Mirabai’s story was adapted, used and revered over the last five hundred years offers a true segue into the idiosyncratic fabric of Indian culture. * Janet M. Powers, Religion *
Martin’s book considers the cultural, spiritual, and gender dynamics that shape the fluid-yet continually and globally relevant-image of Mirabai. The book will thus be relevant not only to scholars and general audiences interested in studying Mirabai’s poems and images but also to researchers from a variety of backgrounds. * Zsuzsanna Szugyiczki, Religious Studies Review *
As a study of a bhakti saint, this book is exceptional in the historical range it covers; further, it is a long-awaited monograph centered on a female bhakta(one of very few) that brings to light the glaring dearth of scholarship on genderwithin the study of bhakti. Martin’s book successfully demonstrates a rigorous study of gender within bhakti traditions and, hopefully, sets the stage for many more to come. * Aalekhya Malladi, International Journal of Hindu Studies *
Mirabai: The Making of a Saint is a valuable contribution to the study of devotional Hinduism, gender and caste studies, and debates on nationalism and modernity. It will be equally valuable for students and scholars of India as well as for a general audience. * Dalpat Singh Rajpurohit, International Journal of Hindu Studies *
Nancy M. Martin
Nancy M. Martin is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Chapman University and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.
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