Encountering Kali : 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):

Kali (Hindu deity).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (341 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

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

ISBN:

0-520-92817-2

1-59734-598-9

OCLC:

475929297