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Mutating goddesses : Bengal's laukika Hinduism and gender rights /

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'Mutating Goddesses' traces the shifting fortunes of four specific Hindu deities - Manasa, Candi, Sasthi and Laksmi - from the fifteenth century to the present time. It focuses on the goddess-invested tradition of Bengal's Hinduism, and especially its laukika archive as opposed to the...

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Main Author: Sengupta, Saswati (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Hindu goddesses > India > Bengal.
Male domination (Social structure) > India > Bengal.
Worship (Hinduism)
Male domination (Social structure)
Déesses hindoues > Bengale (Bangladesh et Inde)
Domination masculine (Structure sociale)
Cultes hindous.
Hindu goddesses
India > Bengal
Electronic books.
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Summary:'Mutating Goddesses' traces the shifting fortunes of four specific Hindu deities - Manasa, Candi, Sasthi and Laksmi - from the fifteenth century to the present time. It focuses on the goddess-invested tradition of Bengal's Hinduism, and especially its laukika archive as opposed to the sastrik deriving from Sanskrit scriptures authorized by the Brahman, to argue for a historical evolution/devolution of divinities and the knotted correlation of gender, caste and class in the sanctioning of female subjectivities through goddess formation.
Item Description:This edition also issued in print: 2021.
Physical Description:1 online resource (375 pages)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190993269
019099326X