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Apfflin Marglin Frederique

Rhythms of life Enacting the world with the goddesses of Orissa - New Delhi Oxford University Press 2008 - 292p xiii HB

Devadasis Folk Religion Ritual - Puri - India

Table of contents
1. INTRODUCTION;
PART I SHAKTI: REGENERATING THE WORLD THROUGH ILLNESS, DEATH, AND FEMALE SEXUALITY;
2. TYPES OF OPPOSITIONS IN HINDU CULTURE;
3. FEMALE SEXUALITY IN THE HINDU WORLD;
4. WHO HAS THE POTENCY? (WITH DAVID HUDSON);
5. DEATH AND REGENERATION: BRAHMIN AND NON-BRAHMIN NARRATIVES;
6. SMALLPOX IN TWO SYSTEMS OF KNOWLEDGE;
PART II DECONSTRUCTING MODERNIST CATEGORIES: THE SUBALTERN; THE THIRD WORLD WOMAN, THE SACRED HISTORY;
7. GENDER AND THE UNITARY SELF: LOOKING FOR THE SUBALTERN IN COASTAL ORISSA;
8. FEMINIST ORIENTALISM AND DEVELOPMENT (WITH SUZANNE SIMON);
9. SECULARISM, UNICITY, AND DIVERSITY: THE CASE OF HARACANDIS GROVE;
10. RHYTHMS OF LIFE: RITUAL, TIME, AND HISTORICAL TIME;
INDEX

ISBN: 9780195694192

Dewey Class. No.: / APF