Invoking Goddesses Gender Politics in Indian Religion

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From the Jacket

Among the myriad divinities in India, the goddesses claim a significant place. Rich in mythology and often paradoxical in nature the scope to study the goddesses is immense. In Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion different Indian goddesses are studied spanning many millennia, using detailed linguistic analysis of hymns, prayers, iconography, inscriptions, actual ritual performances and interviews of practitioners. Through its study of different goddesses, this collection, sensitizes readers to a gendered approach to the politics of divinities.

About the Author

Nilima Chitgopekar teaches History at the Jesus and Mary Collage, University of Delhi. She is the author of Encountering Sivaism: The Deity, the Milieu, the Entourage.

Contents:

 1. Indian Goddesses: Persevering and Antinomian Presences
Nilima Chitgopekar

2. Goddesses in The Rgveda-An Investigation
Kumkum Roy

3. Sexual Politics and the Cult of the Mother Goddess in the Mahabharata
Shalini Shah

4. The Unfettered Yogins
Nilima Chitgopekar

5. Imaging the Goddess: A Process in the Identity Formation of Srivaisnava Community
Ranjeeta Dutta

6. Mata, Land, and Line: Female Divinity and the Forging of Community in India
Nancy Auer Falk

7. Negotiating Narak and Writing Destiny: The Theology of Bemata in Dais' Handling of Birth
Janet Chawla

Index