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Perpetual Mourning: Widowhood in Rural India
Perpetual Mourning Widowhood in Rural India
Author: Martha Alter Chen
While the more sensational forms of widowhood--particularly those of the child widow, the 'ascetic', and sati--have long captured the attention of Indians and foreigners, there is an alarming lack of concern for the quiet deprivations experienced by millions of widows in their everyday lives. Perpetual Mourning addresses this gap. Chen systemati...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195648850
ISBN-10: 0195648854
Publication Date: 12/30/2000
Pages: 436
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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