women in ochre robes gendering hindu renunciation

‘Women in Ochre Robes: Gendering Hindu Renunciation’. In the north of India, Haridwar is a place of sacred geography. It is the point, notes the anthropologist Meena Khandelwal, where the holy Ganges descends from the Himalayas to.

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Focuses on the lives of female Hindu ascetics and the significance of gender to the tradition of renunciation. Meena Khandelwal offers an engaging and intimate portrait of extraordinary.

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