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Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley : grace, rage, knowledge / Arun Gupto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gupto, Arun, author.
- Series:
- Nepal and Himalayan studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and religion.
- Buddhist gods.
- Hindu gods.
- Kathmandu (Nepal)--Religious life and customs.
- Kathmandu (Nepal).
- Goddesses, Nepali.
- Hindu gods--Nepal--Kathmandu.
- Buddhist gods--Nepal--Kathmandu.
- Art and religion--Nepal--Kathmandu.
- Nepal--Kathmandu.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Taylor and Francis, 2018.
- Summary:
- "In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinating range of forms from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of grace, rage and knowledge, and offers an in-depth insight into femininity, sexual politics, ritual worships, religion, ecology, and gender. The volume explores how these deity attributes are expressed and embedded through anthropomorphic as well as inorganic forms of nature, beautiful women, multi-legged and many-armed animals, epistemic selves, demonic beings, glamorous personifications, as also grotesque sub-humans. The second edition contains an Epilogue which further explores how the discourses on Goddesses are moulded by the myth and folklore. It opens discussions on how the dynamism of Goddess cultures have been appropriated into contemporary variations of those archetypes over time. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of religious studies, cultural studies, folklore, art, literature, sociology and gender studies, especially those interested in Nepal and Hinduism."--Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical materials and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Gupto, Arun. Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley.
- ISBN:
- 9781138589889
- 1138589888
- OCLC:
- 1021295066
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