Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India

(Part of the Contemporary Ethnography Series)

by Sarah Pinto

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In her role as devoted wife, the Hindu goddess Parvati is the divine embodiment of viraha, the agony of separation from one's beloved, a form of love that is also intense suffering. These contradictory emotions reflect the overlapping dissolutions of love, family, and mental health explored by Sarah Pinto in this visceral ethnography.

Daughters of Parvati centers on the lives of women in different settings of psychiatric care...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0812245830

ISBN13:9780812245837

Release Date:February 2014

Publisher:University of Pennsylvania Press

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"

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Psychology Social Science Social Sciences

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