This work is an original and critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the rich feminine imagery and symbolism that pervades the divine-human encounter in this literature, and gives a new authenticity to a relatively neglected religious tradition. Nikky Singh shows convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve just as a figure of speech or literary device, but was intended, rather, to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. Her work thus reverses an androcentric approach to Sikhism.
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The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent
This work is an original and critical interpretation of Sikh literature from a feminist perspective. It analyzes the rich feminine imagery and symbolism that pervades the divine-human encounter in this literature, and gives a new authenticity to a relatively neglected religious tradition. Nikky Singh shows convincingly that Sikh Gurus and poets did not want the feminine principle to serve just as a figure of speech or literary device, but was intended, rather, to pervade the whole life of the Sikhs. Her work thus reverses an androcentric approach to Sikhism.
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| ISBN-13: | 9780521050562 |
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| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication date: | 02/01/2008 |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Religious Traditions , #3 |
| Edition description: | Reissue |
| Pages: | 332 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.02(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.71(d) |
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