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Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Deities on the Move - Softcover

 
9780739193983: Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Deities on the Move
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0739193988 ISBN 13: 9780739193983
Verlag: Lexington Books, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Popular religion in village India is overwhelmingly dominated by goddess worship. Goddesses can be nationally well-known like Durga or Kali, or they can be an obscure deity who is only known in a particular rural locale. The origins of a goddess can be both ancient—with many transitions or amalgamations with other cults having occurred along the way—and very recent. While some have tribal origins, others sprout up overnight due to a vivid dream. Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Divinities on the Move looks at the nature of how and why goddesses are invented and reinvented historically in India and how social hierarchy, gender differences, and modernity play roles in these emerging religious phenomena.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Sree Padma is executive director of the Inter-Collegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program and research assistant professor in Asian studies at Bowdoin College.

R. Mahalakshmi is Professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

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Verlag
Lexington Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2017
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0739193988
ISBN 13 
9780739193983
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
298
Herausgeber
Padma Sree
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