Encountering Kālī ; in the margins, at the center, in the West / edited by Rachel Fell McDermott and Jeffrey J. Kripal.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

McDermott, Rachel Fell.

Kripal, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey John), 1962-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kālī (Hindu deity).

Kālī.

Physical Description:

xviii, 321 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

This edited volume provides multiple perspectives on the popular Hindu goddess Kali, ranging from South Asian manifestations in various historical, textual, political, and cultural contexts to Western scholarly, colonial, and modern devotional understandings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index.

ISBN:

0520232399

0520232402

OCLC:

50644108