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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (300 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739190029
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Inventing and Reinventing the GoddessDDC classification:
  • 294.5/2114
LOC classification:
  • BL1216.I584 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Goddesses Who Dwell on Earth -- 2 Constructing Goddess Worship -- 3 From Local Goddess to Locale Goddess -- 4 An Indentured Tamil Goddess -- 5 Creating Realities, Communicating Dreams, Constructing Temple Lore -- 6 Daughter of the House -- 7 The Leap of the Limping Goddess -- 8 Tantric Visions, Local Manifestations -- 9 The Goddess on the Hill -- 10 Communicating the Local Discursively -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.
Summary: The volume investigates two related processes: First, it underscores the manner in which the religious cultures of goddesses are reflexes of larger social processes occurring historically in local contexts. Second, it illustrates transformations in how these same goddesses are understood when they migrate from indigenous social and cultural contexts to destinations with their devotees.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Goddesses Who Dwell on Earth -- 2 Constructing Goddess Worship -- 3 From Local Goddess to Locale Goddess -- 4 An Indentured Tamil Goddess -- 5 Creating Realities, Communicating Dreams, Constructing Temple Lore -- 6 Daughter of the House -- 7 The Leap of the Limping Goddess -- 8 Tantric Visions, Local Manifestations -- 9 The Goddess on the Hill -- 10 Communicating the Local Discursively -- References -- Index -- About the Contributors.

The volume investigates two related processes: First, it underscores the manner in which the religious cultures of goddesses are reflexes of larger social processes occurring historically in local contexts. Second, it illustrates transformations in how these same goddesses are understood when they migrate from indigenous social and cultural contexts to destinations with their devotees.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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