Rejecting Sita: Indian responses to the ideal man's cruel treatment of his ideal wife

Journal of the American Academy of Religion

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-32

  Hess, Linda ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; INDIA; LEGAL ASPECT; LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; REVIEW; SPOUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; INDIA; LITERATURE; MARRIAGE; MEN'S HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; SPOUSES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 63849205266     PISSN: 00027189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jaarel/67.1.1     Document Type: Review

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