Thrity Umrigar Tells A Story Of India With The Intimacy Of One Who Knows The Many Facets Of A Land Both Modern And Ancient
And Offers Advice On Tools And Materials
Janet Malcolm Takes On Three Roles: Literary Critic
Vogel Is Director Of Harvard'S Fairbank Center For East Asian Research
As The Anniversary Of Their Sons Death Approaches
Feminist Poetics Of The Sacred: Creative Suspicions (American Academy Of Religion Cultural Criticism Series),New Jennifer Steward Thrity Umrigar Tells A StoryThis Book Is An Interdisciplinary And Multicultural Study Of Ancient And Contemporary Texts That Encode Women'S Spirituality. The Contributors, Using Modern Critical Methods Such As Feminist Theory, Poststructuralism, And The New Historicisms, Examine How The Ideas In These Texts Are Being Reworked In Different Religious Traditions. The Volume Encompasses Both Contemporary And Historical Contexts, Tracing The Roles, Actions, Writings, And Beliefs Of