Inventing and reinventing the goddess : contemporary iterations of Hindu deities on the move / Edited by Sree Padma.

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 m...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : LEXINGTON BOOKS, [2014]
Subjects:	Hindu goddesses. Hindusim > Social aspects. Hinduism > Social aspects.