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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Language and Transliteration</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xi</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Abbreviations</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>xiii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD>Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>3</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>John Stratton Hawley</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Iconographies of Sati</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>27</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(28)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Paul B. Courtright</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Comment: A Broader Landscape</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>49</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(6)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Vidya Dehejia</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Die Flambierte Frau: Sati in European Culture</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>55</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(24)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Dorothy M. Figueira</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Comment: Sati and the Nineteenth-century British Self</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>72</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Robin Jared Lewis</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Perfection and Devotion: Sati Tradition in Rajasthan</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>79</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(22)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Lindsey Harlan</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Comment: Good Mothers and Bad Mothers in the Rituals of Sati</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>91</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Karen McCarthy Brown</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>101</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(30)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Veena Talwar Oldenburg</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Sati as Profit Versus Sati as a Spectacle: The Public Debate on Roop Kunwar's Death</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>131</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(56)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Ashis Nandy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Comment: Widows as Cultural Symbols</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>149</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Ainslie T. Embree</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Comment: The Continuing Invention of the Sati Tradition</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>159</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>Veena Talwar Oldenburg</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Afterword: The Mysteries and Communities of Sati</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>175</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=80></TD><TD>John Stratton Hawley</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TR><TD>Select Glossary of Indic Terms</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>187</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>195</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Notes on the Contributors</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>203</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(2)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>205</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

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This is a collection of essays on the phenomenon of sati (or suttee), the burning of wives in India. The contributors, who include both American and Indian scholars, address basic questions about this controversial phenomenon and the moral issues it involves

Sati, the blessing and the curse : the burning of wives in India