Ashes of immortality: widow-burning in India/ (Record no. 148834)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01443nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780226885698 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 129 |
| Item number | WEI/A |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Weinberger-Thomas, Catherine |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Ashes of immortality: widow-burning in India/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Catherine Weinberger-Thomas |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xii, 322 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Funereal Prelude --<br/>A Burning in Bali --<br/>A Question of Words --<br/>Immortality: Time Reckoned --<br/>The Truth about Women --<br/>Speech as Instrument --<br/>Sexual Colorings --<br/>Living Satis --<br/>Blue as Blood --<br/>Trial by Fire --<br/>Fire and the Fault of Karma --<br/>Handprint, Dagger, and Lemon --<br/>Mutilation and Voluntary Death --<br/>The Rhetoric of Protest Suicide --<br/>Dizzying Heights of Vengeance --<br/>The Trammels of Resentment --<br/>A Rite of Exorcism --<br/>The Offering of the Self --<br/>The Fruits of One's Acts --<br/>The Corporality of the Dead --<br/>Death in the Telling --<br/>Rite and Belief --<br/>A Sati on the Shore of the Ganges (Stavorinus) --<br/>A Sati in Surat (Durlabh Ram) --<br/>The Dream as Proof --<br/>The Transmission of the Deadly Vow --<br/>Love in the Extreme --<br/>Under the Spell of Sacrifice --<br/>The Goddess's Body --<br/>Sati Divine, Earthly Satis --<br/>Cult and Apotheosis --<br/>Shekhavati, an Endangered Region --<br/>Belief and Mystification --<br/>True and False Traditions --<br/>Cross-Examination of a District --<br/>The Rite, the Law, and the Custom --<br/>Ritual and How to Use It --<br/>A Sati in Poona --<br/>Shared Passions --<br/>Menstruation and the Final Oblation --<br/>The Seasonal Fault. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Hinduism--Social aspects |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Widow suicide |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Wives--Crimes against |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Widowhood |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 28/08/2016 | 129 WEI/A | P03494 | 28/08/2016 | General Books |