The Feminine Principle in the Sikh Vision of the Transcendent (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521432870)

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.

Author: Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Singh Nikky-Guninder Kaur
ISBN-10: 0521432871
ISBN-13: 9780521432870
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/24/1993
Pages: 332
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.26h x 6.26w x 1.00d