Encountering Kali [[electronic resource] ] : in the margins, at the center, in the west
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| Autore: |
McDermott Rachel Fell
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| Titolo: |
Encountering Kali [[electronic resource] ] : in the margins, at the center, in the west
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| Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, Calif. ; ; London, : University of California Press, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (341 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 294.5/2114 |
| Soggetto topico: | Religion |
| Philosophy & Religion | |
| Hinduism | |
| Altri autori: |
KripalJeffrey John
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | illustrations; acknowledgments; about the chapter silhouettes; notes on transliteration; Introducing Kali Studies; part I: Kal in the Texts and Contexts of South Asia; part II: Kal in Western Settings, Western Discourses; appendix: Documentary Film and Video Resources for Teaching on Kal and Fierce Goddesses; select bibliography; contributors; index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Encountering Kalõ explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kalõ. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Encountering Kali |
| ISBN: | 0-520-92817-2 |
| 1-59734-598-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910780450003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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