Chantal Boulanger-Maloney (January 4, 1957 – December 27, 2004[1]) was an anthropologist who wrote widely on South India and Tamil culture,[2] including on the myriad of ways to wrap a Sari, documenting over 100. She lectured in France and the United States on Dravidian India and was an expert on religious beliefs and marriage rituals.[2] She called Tamil Nadu her "spiritual home" and converted to Hinduism, spoke Hindi and Tamil, and was referred to in India by the given name "Sushila".[2] She also wrote a novel The Goddess Justice.[1][2] She died of a brain aneurism while travelling in Africa.[3]

Publications

  • Saris : an illustrated guide to the Indian art of draping, 1997

References

  1. 1 2 > Obituary in The Independent posted in one of her husband Peter Maloney's blogs dedicated to her memory
  2. 1 2 3 4 In pictures: Saris and temples - BBC News
  3. ↑ "Fabric Begets Fashion". www.himalayanacademy.com. Retrieved 2021-11-23.


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