Gift of a Virgin: Women, Marriage, and Ritual in a Bengali Society

Lina M. Fruzzetti

ISBN 10: 0813509394 / ISBN 13: 9780813509396

Published by Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ, 1982

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Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 178 pages. In this intimate and fascinating study, Fruzzetti paints a vivid picture of the activities and rituals governing life in Vishnupur, a large town in rural West Bengal. Drawing on four years of fieldwork during which she was both an observer and a participant in many of the rituals she describes, Fruzzetti, unlike most writers on India, gives primary attention to women, their daily activities, and their marriage rituals. These, she believes, are an important key to understanding Indian society as a whole. Small ownership stamp on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 471959.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gift of a Virgin: Women, Marriage, and Ritual in a Bengali Society
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0813509394
• ISBN 13: 9780813509396
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

In this intimate and fascinating study, Fruzzetti paints a vivid picture of the activities and rituals governing life in Vishnupur, a large town in rural West Bengal. Drawing on four years of fieldwork during which she was both an observer and a participant in many of the rituals she describes, Fruzzetti, unlike most writers on India, gives primary attention to women, their daily activities, and their marriage rituals. These, she believes, are an important key to understanding Indian society as a whole.