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be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, in-
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permission in writing from the publisher.

Copyright © 1999 by Westview Press, A Member of the Perseus Books Group

Published in 1999 in the United States of America by Westview Press, 5500 Central Avenue,
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's
Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hancock, Mary Elizabeth.

Womanhood in the making: domestic ritual and public culture in
urban South India / Mary Elizabeth Hancock.

p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8133-3583-3 (hc.)

1. Women, Tamil--Rites and ceremonies. 2. Women, Tamil--Religion.
3. Women, Tamil--social conditions. 4. Urban women--India--Madras.
5. Women in Hinduism--India--Madras 6. Sex role--India--Madras.
7. Spatial behavior--India--Madras. 8. Madras ( India)--Social life
and customs. 9. Madras ( India)--Religious life and customs.

I. Title.

DS432.T3H33 1999

305.48'8948110548-dc21 98-47288

CIP

The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Stan-
dard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984.

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Publication Information: Book Title: Womanhood in the Making: Domestic Ritual and Public Culture in Urban South India. Contributors: Mary Elizabeth Hancock - author. Publisher: Westview Press. Place of Publication: Boulder, CO. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: iv.
    
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