The liminal body: The language of pain and symbolism around sati

Feminist Review

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-97

  Lakshmi, Aishwarya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acting out; Acting self; Liminal; Realistic; Symbolic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041705912     PISSN: 01417789     EISSN: 14664380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400066     Document Type: Article

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