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Real Sadhus Sing to God: Gender, Asceticism, and Vernacular Religion in Rajasthan - AAR Religion, Culture, and History DeNapoli, Antoinette Elizabeth (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming)
Real Sadhus Sing to God: Gender, Asceticism, and Vernacular Religion in Rajasthan - AAR Religion, Culture, and History
DeNapoli, Antoinette Elizabeth (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming)
In this groundbreaking book, Antoinette Elizabeth DeNapoli examines the everyday religious worlds and lived practices of female Hindu ascetics (sadhus) in the north Indian state of Rajasthan. This book is the first book-length study to explore the ways that female sadhus perform and create gendered views of asceticism through their singing, storytelling, and sacred text practices .
384 pages, 21 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | May 1, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9780199940035 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 156 × 235 × 25 mm · 557 g |
| Language | English |