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This book concerns the conceptual position of women in early India, specifically in the Vedic and early epic periods (c.1500-200 BCE), and it seeks to make contributions both to Indology and to gender studies. By focusing on a single female role--the activities of the "Sacrificer's Wife" in solemn ritual--and by extracting the rich materials on her role from the voluminous technical ritual manuals, the author isolates a set of conceptual functions the wife fills in ritual practice. These functions can then be observed in other cultural institutions in which women participate--particularly the system of hospitality and gift exchange that regulated the relations between mutually obligated strangers in ancient India and the system of marital exchange.
Besides filling a large gap in our understanding of ancient India, this work makes a general contribution to the study of women and gender, not merely by supplying information about a place and time poorly represented in these studies, but also by suggesting some methodologies involving sensitivity to language and linguistic analysis to employ in approaching women and gender in other ancient cultures.

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The conceptual universe of ancient India is difficult of access.

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  • Title Sacrificed Wife/Sacrificer's Wife: Women, Ritual, and Hospitality in Ancient India
  • Author Stephanie W. Jamison
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Cary, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 1996-01-04
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780195096637 / 0195096630
  • Weight 1.26 lbs (0.57 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 6.46 x 0.9 in (23.22 x 16.41 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Gender Studies
  • Library of Congress subjects India - Social life and customs, Women - India - Social life and customs
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 94-45729
  • Dewey Decimal Code 305.409
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