Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers

Women's Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Country
United States
Published
24 October 2006
Pages
296
ISBN
9781403972217

Women’s Renunciation in South Asia: Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers

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This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women’s experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic traditions.

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