The goddess re-discovered: gender and sexuality in religious texts of medieval Bengal
"The book critically analyses questions of gender and sexuality in the medieval religious texts of Bengal. It analyses the emergence of religious cults in patriarchal contexts, the humanisation of the goddess figure as a wife and mother who is subject to social and ethical codes, and demytholog...
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Type de support: | Imprimé Livre |
Langue: | Anglais |
Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Publié: |
London New York
Routledge
2023
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Dans: | Année: 2023 |
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Bengalis
/ Littérature hindoue
/ Déesse
B Mahādevī / Manasā / Kali, Déesse / Radha |
Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Religious literature, Indic
History and criticism
B Women in literature B Bengal (India) Religion B Women and religion (India) (Bengal) History |
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Édition parallèle: | Erscheint auch als: Chakravarty, Saumitra, 1950-: Goddess re-discovered. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2023. - 9781003310815 |