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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2006.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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. |
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| 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 |