The Spectrum of Femininity

The Spectrum of Femininity
Noolaham No.	1053
Author	செல்வி திருச்சந்திரன்
Category	பெண்ணியம்
Language	ஆங்கிலம்
Publisher	VIKAS PUBLISHING HOUSE
Edition	1998
Pages	x + 150

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Contents

• Preface
• PART I
  • Women, Vilolence and Hinduism
    • Windowhood as a Comprehensive Pattern of Asceticism
    • Social Practice and scriptural Sanctions
    • The Hindu Caste Identity and its Violent Gender Patterns
    • Hierarchy Of Castes and Hierarchy of Values
    • Marrige Arrangements by Caste Hierarchy
    • The System of Sati and Hindu Widows.
    • Viloence as a Marker of Religious and Ethnic Identity
  • Devadasis Through Time and Space : A Socio - Political Deconstruction
    • The Political Culture and the Devadasi, A Shift from the Temples to the Royal Court
    • The Decline of the Decadasi System and the Persistence of the Devadasi Ideology
    • The structure and Ideology of Devadasis - Srilanka
    • The Northern Scenario
    • Arumuga Navalar and the Protestant Ethics
  • Female Revolt - Saintly and Veiled
    • Bhakti and its Social Psychological Meaning
    • From Punitavathi to Karaikal ammayar
    • Bhakti as a Symbolic Protest
    • The Imagery of Ghosts
    • Kotai's Rejection of a Mortal Husband
    • Symbols and Significations of the Legend and the Reality of Andal
    • Andal's Bhakti Experience as Witnessed Through Her Hymns and their Deviance
• PART II
  • The Construction of Gender in the Social Formation of Jaffna: Some Thematic Observations
    • Education for Women
    • Cultural Synchronisation at the Level of Patriarchy
    • Brahmanical Penetration
    • Strange Combinations and a Comprehensive Theory
    • A Counter Ideology in Action
    • Dowry and the Idea of Women'S Wealth(Stridhanam)
    • System Challenging Ideology and its Linkages to Gender Ideology
    • Gender Specific Attitudes of the Youth Congress
    • Manudharma Shastra Verse 151
    • Subaltern Constructions
  • The Social Implications of Tesawalamai and theri Relevance to Status of Women in Jaffna
    • Tesamalai as the Codification of the Socio Religious Practices
    • Property Relations
    • Divorce and Remarriage
    • Alien Concepts and What they Signify for the Colture of Jaffna
    • Vellala Sanskritisation
    • Index