03216nam 2200601Ia 450 991046564870332120211028163120.00-253-00960-X(CKB)2560000000102681(EBL)1214550(SSID)ssj0000893282(PQKBManifestationID)11523115(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000893282(PQKBWorkID)10904687(PQKB)10270702(MiAaPQ)EBC1214550(OCoLC)852158516(MdBmJHUP)muse29206(Au-PeEL)EBL1214550(CaPaEBR)ebr10720497(CaONFJC)MIL498013(EXLCZ)99256000000010268120130318d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWhen the world becomes female[electronic resource] guises of a South Indian goddess /Joyce Burkhalter FlueckigerBloomington Indiana University Pressc20131 online resource (334 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-00956-1 0-253-00952-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; CONTENTS; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION; Introduction; Part One. Imaginative Worlds of Gangamma; 1. An Aesthetics of Excess; 2. Guising, Transformation, Recognition, and Possibility; 3. Narratives of Excess and Access; 4. Female-Narrated Possibilities of Relationship; 5. Gangamma as Ganga River Goddess; Part Two. Those Who Bear the Goddess; 6. Wandering Goddess, Village Daughter: Avilala Reddys; 7. Temple and Vesham Mirasi: The Kaikalas of Tirupati; 8. The Goddess Served and Lost: Tatayyagunta Mudaliars9. Exchanging Talis with the Goddess: Protection and Freedom to Move10. "Crazy for the Goddess": A Consuming Relationship; Conclusion: Possibilities of a World Become Female; GLOSSARY; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; YDuring the goddess Gangamma's festival in the town of Tirupati, lower-caste men take guises of the goddess, and the streets are filled with men wearing saris, braids, and female jewelry. By contrast, women participate by intensifying the rituals they perform for Gangamma throughout the year, such as cooking and offering food. Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger argues that within the festival ultimate reality is imagined as female and women identify with the goddess, whose power they share. Vivid accounts by male and female participants offer new insights into Gangamma's traditions and the nature oGangamma (Hindu deity)CultIndiaTirupatiWorship (Hinduism)Tirupati (India)ReligionElectronic books.Gangamma (Hindu deity)CultWorship (Hinduism)294.5/2114Flueckiger Joyce Burkhalter960794MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465648703321When the world becomes female2447998UNINA