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Escaping the World - Manisha Sethi - Bog

- Women Renouncers among Jains

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork in north India, this book examines the gendered imagery proffered by Jainism, analyses the institutional framework of female mendicancy, and listens closely to the voice of the nuns to offer a new understanding of why and how women are drawn towards renunciation.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780415500814
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 266
  • Udgivet:
  • 2. december 2011
  • Størrelse:
  • 149x223x24 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 422 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 18. januar 2025

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork in north India, this book examines the gendered imagery proffered by Jainism, analyses the institutional framework of female mendicancy, and listens closely to the voice of the nuns to offer a new understanding of why and how women are drawn towards renunciation.

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