by Catherine Weinberger (Author)
This work attempts to see the satis - the Hindu custom of women sacrificing themselves on the funeral pyres of their husbands - through Hindu eyes, providing an experiential and psychoanalytic account of ritual self-sacrifice and self-mutilation in South Asia.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 329
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 25 Feb 2000
ISBN 10: 0226885690
ISBN 13: 9780226885698