Research Catalog

Title

Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley : grace, rage, knowledge / Arun Gupto.

Author

Gupto, Arun

Publication

• London ; New York : Taylor and Francis, 2018.
• ©2018

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Details

Description

xviii, 223 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

"In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinating range of forms from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of grace, rage and knowledge, and offers an in-depth insight into femininity, sexual politics, ritual worships, religion, ecology, and gender. The volume explores how these deity attributes are expressed and embedded through anthropomorphic as well as inorganic forms of nature, beautiful women, multi-legged and many-armed animals, epistemic selves, demonic beings, glamorous personifications, as also grotesque sub-humans. The second edition contains an Epilogue which further explores how the discourses on Goddesses are moulded by the myth and folklore. It opens discussions on how the dynamism of Goddess cultures have been appropriated into contemporary variations of those archetypes over time. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of religious studies, cultural studies, folklore, art, literature, sociology and gender studies, especially those interested in Nepal and Hinduism."--Provided by publisher.

Series Statement

Nepal and Himalayan studies

Uniform Title

Nepal and Himalayan studies.

Subject

• Goddesses, Nepali
• Hindu gods > Nepal > Kathmandu
• Buddhist gods > Nepal > Kathmandu
• Art and religion > Nepal > Kathmandu
• Art and religion
• Buddhist gods
• Hindu gods
• Kathmandu (Nepal) > Religious life and customs
• Nepal > Kathmandu

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical materials and index.

Call Number

JFD 18-3725

ISBN

• 9781138589889
• 1138589888

OCLC

1021295066

Author

Gupto, Arun, author.

Title

Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley : grace, rage, knowledge / Arun Gupto.

Publisher

London ; New York : Taylor and Francis, 2018.

Copyright Date

©2018

Edition

Second edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Nepal and Himalayan studies

Nepal and Himalayan studies.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical materials and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Gupto, Arun. Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley. Second edition. London : Taylor and Francis, 2018 9780429491337 (OCoLC)1031311563

Research Call Number

JFD 18-3725