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Pious Flames

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"Exploring the interconnections between the iconic images and the observers' own preconceptions, Pious Flames traces the changing nature of western responses to sati over three and a half centuries. It situates such responses in the context of the ongoing domestic …

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"Exploring the interconnections between the iconic images and the observers' own preconceptions, Pious Flames traces the changing nature of western responses to sati over three and a half centuries. It situates such responses in the context of the ongoing domestic debates about women, religion, suicide, insanity, and the treatment of the human body."--Jacket.

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""Exploring the interconnections between the iconic images and the observers' own preconceptions, Pious Flames traces the changing nature of western responses to sati over three and a half centuries. It …"

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