The power of tantra: religion, sexuality, and the politics of South Asian studies
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1. Verfasser: Urban, Hugh B. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London I.B. Tauris 2010
Schriftenreihe:Library of modern religion 8
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-244) and index
Tantra and the politics of South Asian studies -- Matrix of power : the Ś́ākta Pīthas and the sacred landscape of Tantra -- Blood for the goddess : animal sacrifice and divine menstruation -- Goddess of power : tantra, kingship, and sacrifice in South Asian history -- The sacrifice of desire : sexual rites and the secret sacrifice -- What about the woman : Gender politics and the interpretation of women in tantra -- The power of god in a dark valley : reform, colonialism, and the decline of tantra in South Asia -- The power of the goddess in a postcolonial age : transformations of tantra in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- Tantra and the end of imperialism : beyond "deep orientalism" and "third worldism."
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (x, 250 p., [12] p. of plates)
ISBN:1441657584
9781441657589

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