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Heroic wives: rituals, stories, and the virtues of Jain wifehood
Mary Whitney Kelting
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Frontmatter
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Note on Translation and Transliteration (page xiii)
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I. Thinking about Wifehood (page 3)
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Part I. Making Ideal Marriages
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2. Fasting, Saubhāgya, and Jain Satī Narratives (page 35)
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3. Jain Satīs, Women's Agency, and Bad Marriages (page 55)
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4. The Perfect Marriage (page 79)
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Part II. Negotiating Discourses
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5. Jains and Satīmātā Discourse (page 109)
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6. Embodying Wifehood (page 141)
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Conclusion: The Pleasures of Jain Wifehood (page 171)
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Notes (page 181)
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Glossary (page 223)
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Works Cited (page 233)
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Index (page 245)
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Published: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
- 9780195389647 (hardcover)
- 9780199736799 (ebook)