Overview

Mirabai, an iconic sixteenth-century Indian poet-saint, is renowned for her unwavering love of God, her disregard for social hierarchies and gendered notions of honor and shame, and her challenge to familial, feudal, and religious authorities. Defying attempts to constrain and even kill her, she could not be silenced. Though verifiable facts regarding her life are few, her fame spread across social, linguistic, and religious boundaries, and stories about her multiplied across the subcontinent and the centuries. In Mirabai, Nancy M. Martin traces the story of this immensely popular Indian saint from the earliest manuscript references to her through colonial and nationalist developments to scholarly and popular portrayals in the decades leading up to Indian independence. This book examines Mirabai's place as both insider and outsider to the developing strands of devotional Hinduism and her role in contested terrain of debates around the education and independence of women and the crafting of Indian and Hindu identities. Mirabai offers a comprehensive and multi-layered portrait of this remarkable and still controversial woman, who continues to be a source of inspiration and catalyst for self-actualization for spiritual seekers, artists, activists, and so many others in India and around the world today.

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Author:   Nancy M. Martin (Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Professor and Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Chapman University)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.80cm
Weight:   0.567kg
ISBN:  

9780195153903

ISBN 10:   0195153901
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   05 October 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Note on Transliteration and Dates List of Illustrations Introduction: In Search of Mirabai 1 Part I: Textual Traces of a Bhakti Saint Chapter 1 30: Embodying Devotion in a Woman's Body: Mirabai among the Saints Chapter 2 118: Participation and Transformation: Mira as Rapjut Renouncer, Varkari Devotee, and Pativrata of God Part II: The Forging of a Cultural Heroine Chapter 3: History, Heroism, and the Politics of Identity: Mirabai in Nineteenth-Century Colonial India Chapter 4: Weaver Woman and Lover Extraordinaire: Romance and Resistance in Rural Rajasthan Chapter 5: Mobilizing Mirabai, Mobilizing Women in the Struggle for Independence Chapter 6: Cultural Icon for a Nation in the Making Epilogue Selected Bibliography Index

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This book is valuable today for its knowledge and insights into the life of a Hindu woman poet as it demonstrates the power of devotion that transcends local contexts and inspires for diverse conversations. * Dr. Atola Longkumer, United Theological College * This book is valuable today for its knowledge and insights into the life of a Hindu woman poet as it demonstrates the power of devotion that transcends local contexts and inspires diverse conversations. * Atola Longkumer, MIST 41.1 *

This book is valuable today for its knowledge and insights into the life of a Hindu woman poet as it demonstrates the power of devotion that transcends local contexts and inspires for diverse conversations. * Dr. Atola Longkumer, United Theological College *

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Nancy M. Martin is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Chapman University and Life Member of Clare Hall, Cambridge University.

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