Description: Seeking Mahadevi : Constructing the Indentities of the Hindu Great Goddess, Paperback by Pintchman, Tracy (EDT), ISBN 0791450082, ISBN-13 9780791450086, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US While Hindus recognize and revere a variety of different goddesses, they also tend to speak of one Great Goddess, Mahadevi, as a singular divine being who is the unity underlying all female deities. In this book, ten scholars reflect on both the diverse depictions of Mahadevi found in textual and devotional environments and the ways that the singularity and multiplicity of the divine Hindu feminine are negotiated. Seeking Mahadevicovers various geographical locations, from the Punjab and Bengal in North India to Kerala and Tamilnadu in the South, and makes use of evidence from ancient texts and contemporary interviews, male-authored documents and womens possession experiences, myth, ritual, and folklore. Arguing that Mahadevi has multiple, context-dependent identities that are constructed through human interpretive activity, this book highlights the great diversity of ways that those who worship Mahadevi conceive of and portray her.
Contributors include C. Mackenzie Brown, Sarah Caldwell, Thomas Coburn, Elaine Craddock, Kathleen M. Erndl, Jeffrey J. Kripal, Usha Menon, Tracy Pintchman, Andhra Pradesh, and Mark Edwin Rohe.
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Book Title: Seeking Mahadevi : Constructing the Identities of the Hindu Great Goddess
Number of Pages: 268 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: STATE University of New York Press
Publication Year: 2001
Item Height: 1 in
Topic: Hinduism / Theology, Hinduism / General, Eastern
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Tracy Pintchman
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
