Pt. 1. Engaging domesticity. The cat in the courtyard: the performance of Sanskrit and the religious experience of women / Laurie L. Patton
Wandering from "hills to valleys" with the goddess: protection and freedom in the Matamma tradition of Andhra / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Lovesick Gopi or woman's best friend: the mythic Sakhi and ritual friendships among women in Benares / Tracy Pintchman
Words that breach walls: women's rituals in Rajasthan / Lindsey Harlan
Threshold designs, forehead dots, and menstruation rituals: exploring time and space in Tamil Kolams / Vijaya Rettakudi Nagarajan. Pt. 2. Beyond domesticity. Domesticity and difference/women and men: religious life in medieval Tamilnadu / Leslie C. Orr
The anatomy of devotion: the life and poetry of Karaikkal Ammaiyar / Elaine Craddock
The play of the mother: possession and power in Hindu women's goddess rituals / Kathleen M. Erndl
Does Tantric ritual empower women? Renunciation and domesticity among female Bengali Tantrikas / June McDaniel
Performing arts, re-forming rituals: women and social change in South India / Vasudha Narayanan.
