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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Sree Padma (Executive Director, Executive Director, Inter-collegiate Sri Lanka (ISLE) Program, Bowdoin College) , 1956- Sree PadmaPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.544kg ISBN: 9780199325030ISBN 10: 0199325030 Pages: 384 Publication Date: 12 December 2013 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Goddess Explained - Perspectives From the West 2. Contextualizing the Fertility Goddess and the Gramadevata 3. Fertility Symbols of the Goddesses: Historical Renderings and Contemporary Practices 4. Profiles of Anthropomorphic Goddesses in Myth, Ritual, and History 5. Bala Perantalu: Auspicious Virgin Mothers 6. Perantalu: Auspicious Wives 7. Deifying Victimized Women: Sacrifices and Murders Conclusion BibliographyReviews<br> In this monumental book, Sree Padma traces the history of village goddess traditions in Andhra Pradesh, India from prehistoric to contemporary times. She engages an impressive array of textual, material, and ethnographic sources to explore both continuities and transformations in goddess cults. This book will change how scholars think about South Asian goddesses. - Tracy Pintchman, Director of International Studies, Loyola University Chicago <br><p><br> A coherent and convincing thesis on goddess worship...Padma's methodological approach combining anthropology, archaeology, history, and mythology is refreshing and boldly successful...Her synthesis of pre-Vedic, Buddhist, Jaina, Vaisnava, and Saiva material into the framework of village goddess worship enriches her findings and makes her study unique...Her appraisals of on-the-ground religious practices past and present offer much to experts and non-experts interested in a new lens through which to approach Indic religions. --H-NET In this monumental book, Sree Padma traces the history of village goddess traditions in Andhra Pradesh, India from prehistoric to contemporary times. She engages an impressive array of textual, material, and ethnographic sources to explore both continuities and transformations in goddess cults. This book will change how scholars think about South Asian goddesses. - Tracy Pintchman, Director of International Studies, Loyola University Chicago In this monumental book, Sree Padma traces the history of village goddess traditions in Andhra Pradesh, India from prehistoric to contemporary times. She engages an impressive array of textual, material, and ethnographic sources to explore both continuities and transformations in goddess cults. This book will change how scholars think about South Asian goddesses. - Tracy Pintchman, Director of International Studies, Loyola University Chicago Author InformationSree Padma is the executive director of the Inter-Collegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program, a study abroad program in Sri Lanka. She also teaches at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, offering courses on the cultural history of south Asia. She is the author of Costume, Coiffure, and Ornament in the Temple Sculpture of Northern Andhra (1991) and the co-editor of Buddhism in the Krishna River Valley of Andhra (2008). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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