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The considerable interest currently being expressed in women and religion has thrown down an important challenge, the need to see women not merely as the passive victims of an oppressive ideology but also perhaps primarily as the active agents of their own positive constructs. This book therefore aims to fill a notable gap in the literature. Twelve contributors study the role of women in Hindu religion by examining textual studies of the part played by women in a ...
“This book examines the construction of gender identities in different socio-religious contexts in the Indian subcontinent. It explores gender identities across many dimensions, regions and historical periods, touching upon, among others, the Vedas, spirit possession, caste and untouchability, religious and folk narratives, and communal violence. The essays in this volume variously examine processes by which gender identity is formalized and ritualized through ...