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Ashes of Immortality : Widow-Burning in India
Ashes of Immortality WidowBurning in India
Author: Catherine Weinberger-Thomas
"At last, she arrives at the fatal end of the plank . . . and, with her hands crossed over her chest, falls straight downward, suspended for a moment in the air before being devoured by the burning pit that awaits her. . . ." This grisly 1829 account by Pierre Dubois demonstrates the usual European response to the Hindu custom of satis sacrifici...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780226885681
ISBN-10: 0226885682
Publication Date: 2/15/2000
Pages: 329
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Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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