02518nam 2200553 450 991078662690332120231109183832.00-7391-9002-4(CKB)3710000000186067(EBL)1734034(SSID)ssj0001262058(PQKBManifestationID)12415875(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001262058(PQKBWorkID)11211100(PQKB)10160425(Au-PeEL)EBL1734034(CaPaEBR)ebr10891888(CaONFJC)MIL627523(OCoLC)884014461(MiAaPQ)EBC1734034(EXLCZ)99371000000018606720140723h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrInventing and reinventing the goddess contemporary iterations of Hindu deities on the move /edited by Sree PadmaLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :Lexington Books,2014.©20141 online resource (300 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-9001-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 ContributorsThe 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.Hindu goddessesHinduismSocial aspectsHindu goddesses.HinduismSocial aspects.294.5/2114Sree Padma1956-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786626903321Inventing and reinventing the goddess3779789UNINA