CONTENTS -- LANGUAGE AND TRANSLITERATION -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- 1. The Iconographies of Sati -- Comment: A Broader Landscape -- 2. Die Flambierte Frau: Sati in European Culture -- Comment: Sati and the Nineteenth-century British Self -- 3. Perfection and Devotion: Sati Tradition in Rajasthan -- Comment: Good Mothers and Bad Mothers in the Rituals of Sati -- 4. The Roop Kanwar Case: Feminist Responses -- 5. Sati as Profit Versus Sati as a Spectacle: The Public Debate on Roop Kanwar's Death -- Comment: Widows as Cultural Symbols -- Comment: The Continuing Invention of the Sati Tradition -- Afterword: The Mysteries and Communities of Sati -- Select Glossary of Indic Terms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.