Widows: Schipper's eight chapters offer deep insight into grieving, rights

The eight chapters of Schipper's magisterial work offers a deep understanding into such issues as the kind of grieving is considered acceptable for a widow

Widows: A Global History

by Mineke Schipper

Published by Speaking Tiger

272 pages ₹499

  The Padma Bhushan awardee and activist Dr V Mohini Giri once remarked that “widowhood is a state of social death”, an observation that succinctly summarises the realities facing widows, including my mother, the world over. Why oppressive measures against widows are followed so reverentially is something that the Emeritus Professor of Intercultural Literary Studies, University of Leiden, Mineke Schipper, dissects in Widows: A Global History.

 

The eight chapters of Schipper’s magisterial work offers a deep understanding into such issues as the kind of grieving is considered acceptable for