The Goddess lives in upstate New York : breaking convention and making home at a North American Hindu temple /

This profile of an unusual South Indian temple community in Rush, New York, describes how the temple combines orthodox rituals and socioreligious iconoclasm. The author uses the temple's surprising success to analyse the distinctive dynamics of Hinduism, including issues of gender, caste and co...

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Main Author: Dempsey, Corinne G. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This profile of an unusual South Indian temple community in Rush, New York, describes how the temple combines orthodox rituals and socioreligious iconoclasm. The author uses the temple's surprising success to analyse the distinctive dynamics of Hinduism, including issues of gender, caste and community.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 261 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-254) and index.
ISBN:0195187296
9780195187298
019518730X
9780195187304
9781435618459
1435618459