Daughters of Parvati : : Women and Madness in Contemporary India / / Sarah Pinto.
In her role as devoted wife, the Hindu goddess Parvati is the divine embodiment of viraha, the agony of separation from one's beloved, a form of love that is also intense suffering. These contradictory emotions reflect the overlapping dissolutions of love, family, and mental health explored by...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
Year of Publication: | 2014 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Contemporary Ethnography
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) :; 2 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Note on Transliterations
- Introduction: Love and Affliction
- 1. Rehabilitating Ammi
- 2. On Dissolution
- 3. Moksha and Mishappenings
- 4. On Dissociation
- 5. Making a Case
- 6. Ethics of Dissolution
- Bibliography
- Index
- Acknowledgments