La sati indienne au travers de l’histoire. Du suicide héroïque aux martyres du système socio-politique

In this article, based on material from Saurashtra (Gujarat) and Rajasthan, I try to trace the history of the sati rite, the suicide of women on the funeral pyre of their husbands. The earliest documented instances of the rite (12th century) appear as individually chosen acts, generally to avenge sp...

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Main Author: Harald Tambs-Lyche
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Conserveries Mémorielles 2013-07-01
Series:Conserveries Mémorielles : Revue Transdisciplinaire de Jeunes Chercheurs
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/cm/1519