UID:
almafu_9959245370702883
Format:
1 online resource (273 p.)
ISBN:
0-19-773937-7
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1-280-70400-4
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0-19-534834-6
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
This title examines the worship of ancestral heroes in Rajasthan, India. Arguing that Rajput hero stories and songs encapsulate and express ideals of perfection and masculinity, it analyzes representations of wives and goddesses as tacit allies dispatching sacrificed heroes to heavenly paradise.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2003.
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Contents; Illustrations; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introduction; 2. The Land of Heroes: Rajasthani Soil and Rajput Blood; 3. Heroic Story: Slaughter and Glory; 4. Heroic Story Frames: Liberation, Perfection, and Seclusion; 5. Heroic Song: End of the Story and Beyond; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515425-8
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-515426-6
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195154252.001.0001
