Is the Goddess a Feminist?: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Alf Hiltebeitel (Editor), Kathleen M. Erndl (Editor)Publish date:11/1/2000Pages:287
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814736197ISBN-10:081473619XUPC:9780814736197Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Eastern, Hinduism, BuddhismBook Topic:General (see also PhilosophySize:9.40 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SC90QFNJEA
Is the Goddess a Feminist?: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses
In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet, these goddesses are products of a male supremacist society.
What is the impact of powerful female...
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York University PressISBN-13:9780814736197ISBN-10:081473619XUPC:9780814736197Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Eastern, Hinduism, BuddhismBook Topic:General (see also PhilosophySize:9.40 x 6.14 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.9304Product ID:SC90QFNJEA
Hiltebeitel, Alf: - ALF HILTEBEITEL is Professor of Religion and Director of the Human Sciences Program at George Washington University. His books include Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupad.Erndl, Kathleen M.: - KATHLEEN M. ERNDL is Associate Professor of Religion at Florida State University and author of Victory to the Mother: The Hindu Goddess of Northwest India in Myth,...
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