Lindsey Harlan
WSRP Research Associate 1996-1997
Research Project
Violent Death and Devotion: Heroic Sacrifice and Gender in India
Based on ethnographic research in Rajasthan, India, this book investigates women's traditions of hero veneration and examines representations of gender in ritual performances and in various narrative and non-narrative genres, including women's and men's songs, epics, legends, and myths.
Course
HDS 3465: Women, Death, and Sacrifice in Hinduism (Spring 1997)
Publications
The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship
Lindsey Harlan
Oxford University Press, 2002
Lindsey Harlan
Oxford University Press, 2002
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