Performing materiality through song: Hindu female renouncers' embodying practices in Rajasthan

In this article attempt is made to emphasize the significance of body in the practices of female s?dhus in Rajasthan. Contrary to the Brahmanical depictions of ascetic traditions that emphasized the body and materiality in an unappealing light, the female s?dhu tradition in Rajasthan emphasize the t...

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Main Author: DeNaploi, Antoinette (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Univ. 2011
In: Nidān
Year: 2011, Volume: 23, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-35
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