Mountain Goddess Gender and Politics in a Himalayan Pilgrimage
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
- Publish date: 03/01/1991
Description:
IN THIS BOOK, WILLIAM S. SAX OFFERS AN ENTHRALLING ACCOUNT OF AN ARDUOUS JOURNEY, FOCUSING ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CULT OF NANDADEVI IN THE LIVES OF LOCAL HINDU WOMEN. SAX SHOWS THAT NANDADEVI'S APPEAL STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT HER MYTHOLOGY PARALLELS THE LIFE-COURSES OF CENTRAL HIMALAYAN PEASANT WOMEN, JUST AS HER RITUAL PROCESSIONS IMITATE THEIR PERIODIC JOURNEYS BETWEEN THEIR NATAL AND MARITAL HOMES.
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