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Book Synopsis The Bhakti Movement and the Status of Women by : Leela Mullatti
Download or read book The Bhakti Movement and the Status of Women written by Leela Mullatti and published by Abhinav Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Indigenous Protest Movement Called Bhakti Movement, Comprising Bhakti Cults Of Many Hues And Colours, Had An Impact On The Status Of Women In India. Many Of Them Tried To Do Away With The Manifold Taboos, Pollutions And Rituals With Which, Hindu Religion Was Cluttered. While Some Accepted The Equality Of Men And Women, Others Reinforced The Inequalities In Practice. The Present Case Study Of Virasaivism, A Populous Sect In Karnataka, Deals With Ther Impact Of This Movement On The Status Of Women. After A Careful Research On A Hundred Families With First And Second-Generation Women, The Author Finds That Precepts And Practices Meet Here In A Unique Way. Child-Training Practices, The Institution Of Marriage, The Family And Kinship System And The Economic And Socio-Religious Life Of Virasaiva Women Enable Them To Enjoy A Comparatively High Status.
Book Synopsis Subaltern Saints in India by : Meenakshi Jha
Download or read book Subaltern Saints in India written by Meenakshi Jha and published by Motilal Banarsidass. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present era of complexity, anxiety and moral turpitude is in need of spiritual solace and God's grace more than ever before. The established frameworks of religion have not entirely been successful in streamlining the rapport between the maker and the creation. The emergence and progression of bhakti saints is a significant power in this direction. Living exemplary, realised lives on their own terms mostly in opposition to the given frame of life, the bhakti saints heralded a new possibility of the egalitarian order without any bigotry or dogmatism. The book undertakes a probe into the specific contributions made by two hitherto neglected sections of the Indian society, namely women and Sudras. The precepts and lives of these subaltern saints reiterate the possibility of personal salvation and social regeneration, having transformative potential for breaking the barriers of iniquitous, hierarchical structures.
Book Synopsis Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices by : Rekha Pande
Download or read book Divine Sounds from the Heart—Singing Unfettered in their Own Voices written by Rekha Pande and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen a sea change in the way history is written and also in the way our conceptions of the past are being rewritten. In traditional historiography, women’s articulation is often marginalized and dominated by male voices. Through centuries of patriarchal control, women negotiated many layers and levels of existence working out different forms of resistance which have often gone unnoticed. Bhakti was one such medium. Religion provided the space in the medieval period and women saints embraced bhakti to define their own truths in voices that question society, family and relationships. For all these women bhaktas, the rejection of the male power that they were tied to in subordinate relationship became the terrain for struggle, self assertion and alternative seeking. Most of these women lived during the period from 12th to 17th Century. While the dominant mode of worship in bhakti was prostration to a deity like a feudal lord, the women bhaktas’ idea of God as a lover, a husband and a friend came as a breath of fresh air. The individual outpourings and the voices of these women, who had the courage to sing unfettered in their own voices, refused to melt in the din of the feudal scene which was largely patriarchal. This book will be useful to scholars interested in Feminist History, Comparative Religion and Asian Studies. The sensitive and rigorous research will be of great help to young scholars interested in embarking on a journey to discover religious history, especially with regards to women’s history in the South Asian context.
Author :Sandhya Mulchandani Publisher :Penguin Random House India Private Limited ISBN 13 :9353055814 Total Pages :256 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (53 download)
Book Synopsis For the Love of God by : Sandhya Mulchandani
Download or read book For the Love of God written by Sandhya Mulchandani and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-07-20 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the third centuries BC and AD were written thousands of verses in Tamil that have collectively come to be known as Sangam literature. The expressions of love between a man and a woman in these love poems gave way to passionate expressions of devotional love, where the heroine became the devotee and the hero became God. Through the centuries of patriarchy, women negotiated varied levels of existence and largely went unnoticed until they found a path for self-expression through bhakti or devotion. While the dominant form of worship was to prostrate before God, women found innovative ways of personal expression, often seeing the lord as a lover, friend, husband, or even son. The individual outpourings and the unfettered voices of these women refused to be drowned in the din of patriarchy gathering momentum until this became a pan India movement. In For the Love of God, Sandhya Mulchandani delves deep into historical accounts of these women who fell in love with God.
Book Synopsis For the Love of God by : Sandhya Mulchandani
Download or read book For the Love of God written by Sandhya Mulchandani and published by Penguin/Viking. This book was released on 2019 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Divine Sounds from the Heart--Singing Unfettered in Their Own Voices by : Rekha Pande
Download or read book Divine Sounds from the Heart--Singing Unfettered in Their Own Voices written by Rekha Pande and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen a sea change in the way history is written and also in the way our conceptions of the past are being rewritten. In traditional historiography, womenâ (TM)s articulation is often marginalized and dominated by male voices. Through centuries of patriarchal control, women negotiated many layers and levels of existence working out different forms of resistance which have often gone unnoticed. Bhakti was one such medium. Religion provided the space in the medieval period and women saints embraced bhakti to define their own truths in voices that question society, family and relationships. For all these women bhaktas, the rejection of the male power that they were tied to in subordinate relationship became the terrain for struggle, self assertion and alternative seeking. Most of these women lived during the period from 12th to 17th Century. While the dominant mode of worship in bhakti was prostration to a deity like a feudal lord, the women bhaktasâ (TM) idea of God as a lover, a husband and a friend came as a breath of fresh air. The individual outpourings and the voices of these women, who had the courage to sing unfettered in their own voices, refused to melt in the din of the feudal scene which was largely patriarchal. This book will be useful to scholars interested in Feminist History, Comparative Religion and Asian Studies. The sensitive and rigorous research will be of great help to young scholars interested in embarking on a journey to discover religious history, especially with regards to womenâ (TM)s history in the South Asian context.
Book Synopsis A Storm of Songs by : John Stratton Hawley
Download or read book A Storm of Songs written by John Stratton Hawley and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-09 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity come from? One important source is a widely-accepted narrative called the “bhakti movement.” Bhakti is the religion of the heart, of song, of common participation, of inner peace, of anguished protest. The idea known as the bhakti movement asserts that between 600 and 1600 CE, poet-saints sang bhakti from India’s southernmost tip to its northern Himalayan heights, laying the religious bedrock upon which the modern state of India would be built. Challenging this canonical narrative, John Stratton Hawley clarifies the historical and political contingencies that gave birth to the concept of the bhakti movement. Starting with the Mughals and their Kachvaha allies, North Indian groups looked to the Hindu South as a resource that would give religious and linguistic depth to their own collective history. Only in the early twentieth century did the idea of a bhakti “movement” crystallize—in the intellectual circle surrounding Rabindranath Tagore in Bengal. Interactions between Hindus and Muslims, between the sexes, between proud regional cultures, and between upper castes and Dalits are crucially embedded in the narrative, making it a powerful political resource. A Storm of Songs ponders the destiny of the idea of the bhakti movement in a globalizing India. If bhakti is the beating heart of India, this is the story of how it was implanted there—and whether it can survive.
Book Synopsis Approaches to History by : Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
Download or read book Approaches to History written by Sabyasachi Bhattacharya and published by Primus Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History as a social science is arguably more self-reflective than associated disciplines in that family. Other social scientists seem to see little reason to look beyond the paradigm they are developing in the present times. Historians on the other hand, tend to depend on the cumulative process of the development of their craft and the fund of accumulated knowledge. Yet, while this is acknowledged in the practice of research, Historiography in itself as a subject of study has rarely found its place in the syllabi of Indian universities. Knowledge of Historiography is taken for granted when a scholar plunges into research. In an attempt to address this lacuna, the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) has planned a series of volumes on Historiography comprising articles by subject specialists commissioned by the ICHR. The first volume in the series, Approaches to History: Essays in Indian Historiography brings to the readers the first fruits of that endeavour. While the essays encompass areas of research presently at the frontiers of new research, scholars will also find the bibliographies accompanying the essays of significant appeal.
Book Synopsis THE PREVALENCE AND EXTENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN GULBARGA DISTRICT by : Dr.Venkatappa.S. Madana
Download or read book THE PREVALENCE AND EXTENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN GULBARGA DISTRICT written by Dr.Venkatappa.S. Madana and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women have always been an object of gross and severe violence at the hands of man. The biological weakness of a woman makes her an easy prey particularly to whom it may concern; physical domination. She is often victim of physical and mental violence not only outside her home but also inside the home. Every society accepting the importance of equality of sexes has therefore, made affirmative provisions against gender discrimination.1 However, in spite of the enactment of these provisions, equality between men and women continues to be an elusive goal.
Book Synopsis Karaikkal Ammaiyar by : Meghan A. Faries
Download or read book Karaikkal Ammaiyar written by Meghan A. Faries and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this thesis is to show, through the figure of the female bhakti saint and poetess, Karaikkal Ammaiyar, how the feminine was able to gain autonomy, power, and prestige in the medieval bhakti movement in India. Karaikkal Ammaiyar's life and work is explored through her poetry and imagery, through her connections with the god Shiva and the dark goddesses, and through related historical and legendary figures of the feminine in Indian history. Karaikkal Ammaiyar, arguably the first female saint and poetess of the bhakti movement, implemented various techniques and advocated certain practices that manipulated and ultimately subverted the patriarchal systems of her day. In so doing, she was able to attain a heightened status of autonomy, power, and prestige as a female leader within the bhakti movement.
Book Synopsis Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India by : Mandakranta Bose
Download or read book Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India written by Mandakranta Bose and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-02-10 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a variety of scholarly studies in the idea, situation, and definition-including the self-definition-of women in India, from the earliest historical period up to the present day. Both in its range of topics and depth of research, this volume creates a sustained focus that is not presently available in the literature of women in India. Faces of the Feminine in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern India comprises 25 essays contributed by a diverse mix of Indian, Canadian, American, and British women scholars, most of whom have lived in South Asia either for all of their lives or for extended periods. Arranged chronologically, these groundbreaking essays set aside the myths and prejudices that often clutter discussions about women in India. Part I, which is dedicated to the ancient period, defines women's positions as depicted in the sacred law, considers subordinated women in major Hindu epics, describes women's roles in ritual and their understanding of religion, and examines the patriarchal organization of women's lives in Buddhism. Part II begins with an essay on Tantra, a major force in medieval India that influenced both Hinduism and Buddhism and placed women at the center of its sacred rites. Other essays in Part II look at the life and legends of a medieval woman saint poet, the portrayal of a Hindu goddess in medieval Bengal, and the role of women from Mughal harems in decision making. Part III describes the colonial perception of Indian women in the late nineteenth century and shows how women's self-perceptions have been expressed through their art and writing as well as through their political action in the twentieth century. Providing informed and balanced analysis of extensive primary source material, this book will be an essential resource for students of women's lives in India.
Book Synopsis Woman, Her History and Her Struggle for Emancipation by : B. S. Chandrababu
Download or read book Woman, Her History and Her Struggle for Emancipation written by B. S. Chandrababu and published by Bharathi Puthakalayam. This book was released on 2009 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study on women in Indian society from pre-historic to the present day.
Book Synopsis CUET-PG History Practice Question Bank Book 3000+ Question Answer As Per Updated Syllabus by :
Download or read book CUET-PG History Practice Question Bank Book 3000+ Question Answer As Per Updated Syllabus written by and published by DIWAKAR EDUCATION HUB. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CUET-PG History Question Bank 3000+ Chapter wise question With Explanations As per Updated Syllabus [ cover all 4 Chapters] Highlights of CUET-PG History Question Bank- 3000+ Questions Answer [MCQ] 750 MCQ of Each Chapter [Unit wise] As Per the Updated Syllabus Include Most Expected MCQ as per Paper Pattern/Exam Pattern All Questions Design by Expert Faculties & JRF Holder
Book Synopsis Themes and Perspectives In Contemporary Sociology by : Dr. Afroze Eqbal
Download or read book Themes and Perspectives In Contemporary Sociology written by Dr. Afroze Eqbal and published by K.K. Publications. This book was released on 2022-01-22 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contemporary discipline of sociology is theoretically multi-paradigmatic. Modern sociological theory descends from the historical foundations of functionalist and conflict-centered accounts of social structure, as well as the micro-scale structural and pragmatist theories of social interaction. Contemporary sociological theory retains traces of these approaches. Presently, sociological theories lack a single overarching foundation, and there is little consensus about what such a framework should consist of. However, a number of broad paradigms cover much present sociological theorizing. In the humanistic parts of the discipline, these paradigms are referred to as social theory and are often shared with the humanities. The discipline’s dominant scientifically-oriented areas generally focus on a different set of theoretical perspectives, which by contrast are generally referred to as a sociological theory. These include sociological field theory, new institutionalism, social networks, social identity, social and cultural capital, toolkit and cognitive theories of culture, and resource mobilization. Analytical sociology is an ongoing effort to systematize many of these middle-range theories. In order to value the importance of sociological perspective, it is significant to realize that sociology as a discipline arose within distinct historical, intellectual and social contexts. Major questions were raised about the individual & society these questions preoccupied thinkers in all periods of history, but these philosophical analyses of society were untested assumptions about the motives of human beings in their behaviour lacking systematic analysis of the structure and workings in society. This book covers all the aspects of this subject. It is hoped, the book will be found to be of immense value to the students of this subject. Contents: • Urban Stratification, Status and Mobility • The Village Community • Folk Society • Cultural Power • Creativity and Human History • Theory of Civilization in the Sociology of Culture • Political Communication • Political Culture • Political Leadership • Criminalization and Domination • Culture and Anarchy • Sociology of Religion • A Woman’s Place in Social Hierarchy
Book Synopsis Tradition and Modernity in Bhakti Movements by : Jayant Lele
Download or read book Tradition and Modernity in Bhakti Movements written by Jayant Lele and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1981 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Gender Perspectives in Indian Context by : Dipak Giri
Download or read book Gender Perspectives in Indian Context written by Dipak Giri and published by Booksclinic Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today gender studies as an interdisciplinary academic field has gained much momentum in India. Contrary to conventional idea that a person born either as a boy or a girl must conform to his or her sex in his or her growth, dress and behaviour, modern Indian outlooks have rather started changing with the fast approaching new gender free world crowded with agender, bigender, genderfluid, genderqueer, non-binary and third gender people against conventional gender binary- male and female. Last few years, apart from schemes for women’s security and empowerment, have also seen the announcement of many welfare schemes for the health and well-being of third gender people of India and decriminalisation of homosexuality from Indian soil. With same spirit, the present anthology is an endeavour to shed some light on the glaring issues of rape, abuse, discrimination, exploitation and violence arising out of gender essentialism in Indian context. The anthology, with an aim to serving larger sections of humanity, covers twenty seven multidisciplinary articles hardly missing any aspect untouched from this field of study in Indian context.
Book Synopsis Gender In 21st Century: Multidisciplinary Reflections On Struggles And Progress by : Dhanya Mohanan
Download or read book Gender In 21st Century: Multidisciplinary Reflections On Struggles And Progress written by Dhanya Mohanan and published by OrangeBooks Publication. This book was released on 2021-12-29 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women, queer and trans-spectrum throughout the world are still economically, politically and socially marginalized. This books seeks to understand gender in the 21st century. It explains in depth the background of gender according to different traditional perspective roles, challenges faced by gender and an understanding of Gender in the current generation of 21st Century. This book makes essential reading for all those interested in the intersections of class, education, social work in the 21st century. Students and researchers of sociology, women studies and education will find this book invaluable.
