Donors, Devotees, and the Daughters of God

Temple Women in Medieval Tamilnadu

Leslie C. Orr (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

318 Seiten

2000
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-509962-1 (ISBN)

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Through the use of epigraphical evidence, Leslie C. Orr brings into focus the activities and identities of the temple women (devadasis) of medieval South India, and suggests new ways of understanding the character of the temple woman -- and of the role of women in Indian religion and society. This book shows how the temple woman's economic authonomy, independence and initiative allowed her to negotiate medieval temple politics and establish a role for herself with its own peculiar social and religious significance.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	13.4.2000
Reihe/Serie	South Asia Research
Zusatzinfo	5 line illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 236 mm
Gewicht	590 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	0-19-509962-1 / 0195099621
ISBN-13	978-0-19-509962-1 / 9780195099621
Zustand	Neuware