Reviews for Burning Women

The average rating for Burning Women based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-09-21 00:00:00 Christian Ederer Burning Women: Widows, Witches, and Early Modern European Travelers in India by Pompa Banerjee explores the relationship between European witch burning and Indian sati. Both subjects of burning women are exposed by European men; yet the relationship between the two uncanny circumstances of fire engulfed female figures are never connected leaving a sizeable rift in the texts of this time period and the European understanding of the sati. Pompa Banerjee's book serves as a valuable tool in understanding modern cultural studies, specifically the Renaissance via European male perspective regarding women in both India and Europe.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-07-02 00:00:00 James Tuite history and political theory