Recasting the Devadasi: Patterns of Sacred Prostitution in Colonial South India (Hardcover)

Recasting the Devadasi: Patterns of Sacred Prostitution in Colonial South India Book Description

This book seeks to explore certain higherto unexplored issues relating to sacred prostitution in a historical perspective. It attempts to analye significant issues wuch as the identit and sexuality of the Devadasi, as this custom encompasses women from distinct cultural groups, within a pluralstic cultural context.

About the Author
Dr. Priyadarshini Vijaisri (b.1972) educated at the Centre for Historical Studies, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introductions
Sacred Proseitution
Manifestations in a feudal setup
Contending identities
Legislative itnervention
Literary Images
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

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