Author: Antoinette E. DeNapoli
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199940037
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
In this groundbreaking book, Antoinette Elizabeth DeNapoli examines the everyday religious worlds and lived practices of female Hindu ascetics (sadhus) in the north Indian state of Rajasthan. Real Sadhus Sing to God is the first book-length study to explore the ways that female sadhus perform and create gendered views of asceticism through their singing, storytelling, and sacred text practices .