Heroic wives : rituals, stories, and the virtues of Jain wifehood /
In this fieldwork-based study, Kelting explores the ways in which Jain women use sati narratives and rituals to understand wifehood as a choice, which these women's ongoing ritual practices continually shape. She focuses on eight well-known Jain sati narratives.
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New York ; Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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