Divine Violence: The Ethics and Aesthetics of the Goddess-woman in the Abused Goddess Ad Campaign

In the fall of 2013, an ad campaign from the Mumbai-based agency Taproot exploded in popularity on social media and was featured on a variety of news sites, particularly in and the United States. The campaign, known as the Abused Goddess ads, depicted an iteration of the Goddess most accurately char...

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Main Author: Edoho-Eket, Nkoyo (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 3, Pages: 340-360
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hinduism / Goddess / Darshan / Woman / Domestic violence (motif) / Gaze / Advertising / Campaign / Ethics / Aesthetics
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
ZB Sociology
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Mahādevī
B Śakti
B Visual Culture
B Shame
B Hindu goddess
B Hinduism
B Affect Theory
B Darshan
B gaze theory
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