Burning Women

POMPA BANERJEE is Assistant Professor of English at University of Colorado, Denver and author of a number of articles on east-west connections in the early modern period.

• Introduction Renaissance Crossings; Widows, Witches, and Forms of Literary Haunting Under Western Eyes: Sati and Witches in European Representations Instructions for Christian Women: The Sati and European Widows Disorderly Wives, Poison, and the Iconography of Female Murderers Civility and "dying" to Speak: the Sati, Fetish, and History

'Overall this is an impressive book which synthesizes disparate narratives of discovery, morality, and gender differentiation to illuminate the role of women in early modern culture.' - Jyotsna Singh, Michigan State University