1st Edition
Women of the Kakawin World Marriage and Sexuality in the Indic Courts of Java and Bali
By Helen Creese
Copyright 2004
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this fascinating study the lives and mores of women in one of the least understood but most densely populated areas of the world are unveiled through the eyes of generations of court poets. For more than a millennium, the poets of the Indic courts of Java and Bali composed epic kakawin poems in which they recreated the court environment where they and their royal patrons lived. Major themes in... Read more
1. Frameworks; 2. Like a Precious Jewel: Life at Court; 3. A Fitting Partner: Courtship and Betrothal; 4. The Time Appointed: The Ceremonies of Marriage; 5. An Experience So Wondrous: Kakawin Sexuality; 6. Nothing Is More Virtuous: Death and Loyalty; 7. The Poetics of Control
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Helen Creese
