{"product_id":"walking-naked-women-society-spirituality-in-south-india","title":"Walking Naked - Women, Society, Spirituality in South India","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vijaya Ramaswamy\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Indian Institute of Advanced Study\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1997\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 257\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8185952396\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book maps the spiritual history of women in the context of societal structures through historical time and space.  The study looks at the issues of gender inequalities in the context of dominance and power and the debates over female sexuality and salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book maps the spiritual history of women in the context of societal structures through historical time and space.  The study looks at the issues of gender inequalities in the context of dominance and power and the debates over female sexuality and salvation. In the process spirituality emerges as a powerful form of women's self-expression.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book maps the spiritual history of women in the context of societal structures through historical time and space.  The study looks at the issues of gender inequalities in the context of dominance and power and the debates over female sexuality and salvation.  In the process spirituality emerges as a powerful form of women’ self-expression finding its voice in the various ‘cathartic’ spiritual movements.  Manifestations of female spiritual movements.  Manifestations of female spirituality in particular societies, whether feudal, quasi-feudal or colonia, varied from tacit conformism (to male spiritual\/ social leadership) to deviance and even defiance.  The author goes back in historical time to the ‘material-spiritualism’ of the Sangam Tamils and forward into the era of colonial transition.  The Deccan and the region south of the Vindhyas form the geographical liminalities of this study which opens up the possibilities of a wider study of women, society and spirituality in the broader context of the South Asian region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eGendered Spirituality: A South Indian Perspective\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eWoman and Spirituality in the Sangam Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eWomen in Buddhism and Jainism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eBride, Demoness, Other: Women in the Early Devotional Movements in South India\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eRebels-Housewives: Women in Virasaivism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eWomen’In’, Women ‘Out’: Women Within the Warkari Panths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII \u003cbr\u003eTransition: Gender, Spirituality and the Politics of Freedom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Vijaya Ramaswamy \/ Indian Institute of Advanced Study \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153696715120,"sku":"8824","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8824.jpg?v=1793912766","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/walking-naked-women-society-spirituality-in-south-india","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}