Book: Sati - Widow Burning In India Sati--the burning of a widow on her husband's funeral pyre--has for centuries been one of the few ways in which women of India could achieve renown, respect, and even deification. This eye-opening work exposes what this still persistent ritual (officially outlawed in 1829) reveals about this society and about the women who choose or are forced to become sati. 8-page insert.
Details of Book: Sati - Widow Burning In India Book: Sati - Widow Burning In India
Author: Sakuntala Narasimhan
ISBN: 0385423179
ISBN-13: 9780385423175
, 978-0385423175
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: Jul 1992
Publisher: Anchor Books
Number of Pages: 216
Language: English