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Between poverty and the pyre:

moments in the history of widowhood
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Jan Nicolaas Bremmer, Lourens Peter van den Bosch
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Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated, 1995 - Social Science - 258 pages
Between Poverty and the Pyre examines the history of the experience of widowhood across different cultures. It brings together a collection of essays by historians, anthropologists and philologists. The book shows how difficult it is to define the 'typical' widow, as the experiences of these women have differed so widely, not simply because of their different time periods and locations, but also becuase of their varying legal and religious status and economic conditions.
The study is diverse with subjects ranging from:
*Hindu wives who followed their husbands to the pyre
*widows who were burned as witches
*and widows who had to become prostitutes to stay alive.
The book also explores Jesus's interest in widows and the experience of some well-known widows, such as Mohammed's first wife.

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This book contains essays about widowhood through history, what it has meant to be a widow and the experiences of widows. It was a little heavy on the Dutch/English/French cultures for me; I did have ... Read full review

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TitleBetween poverty and the pyre: moments in the history of widowhood
History, anthropology, women's studies
EditorsJan Nicolaas Bremmer, Lourens Peter van den Bosch
Editionillustrated
PublisherRoutledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated, 1995
ISBN0415083702, 9780415083706
Length258 pages
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