Given to the goddess South Indian devadasis and the sexuality of religion
Ramberg, Lucinda
Given to the goddess South Indian devadasis and the sexuality of religion - Durham Duke University Press 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: gods, gifts, trouble -- Yellamma and her sisters -- Yellamma, her wives, and the question of religion -- Tantra, Shakta, Yellamma -- Sexual economy, sexual agency, and the "traffic" in women -- Kinship trouble -- Troubling kinship.
9780822357247
2014012185
Devadāsīs.
Yellamma (Hindu deity)
Sex--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
BL1237.58.D48 / R3635 2014
Given to the goddess South Indian devadasis and the sexuality of religion - Durham Duke University Press 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: gods, gifts, trouble -- Yellamma and her sisters -- Yellamma, her wives, and the question of religion -- Tantra, Shakta, Yellamma -- Sexual economy, sexual agency, and the "traffic" in women -- Kinship trouble -- Troubling kinship.
9780822357247
2014012185
Devadāsīs.
Yellamma (Hindu deity)
Sex--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
BL1237.58.D48 / R3635 2014