Encountering Kālī: In the Margins, at the Center, in the WestRachel Fell McDermott, Jeffrey John Kripal University of California Press, 2003 - 321 sider Encountering Kali explores one of the most remarkable divinities the world has seen--the Hindu goddess Kali. She is simultaneously understood as a blood-thirsty warrior, a goddess of ritual possession, a Tantric sexual partner, and an all-loving, compassionate Mother. Popular and scholarly interest in her has been on the rise in the West in recent years. Responding to this phenomenon, this volume focuses on the complexities involved in interpreting Kali in both her indigenous South Asian settings and her more recent Western incarnations. Using scriptural history, temple architecture, political violence, feminist and psychoanalytic criticism, autobiographical reflection, and the goddess's recent guises on the Internet, the contributors pose questions relevant to our understanding of Kali, as they illuminate the problems and promises inherent in every act of cross-cultural interpretation. |
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David R Kinsley | 23 |
The Śākta Devotionalism of | 39 |
Hindu Family Values and Tantric Power | 80 |
Myth and Reality in a Banaras Ghetto | 124 |
KĀLĪ IN WESTERN SETTINGS WESTERN DISCOURSES | 145 |
On Shakti and Society | 223 |
Tracing Kāli through Time Space | 244 |
A Hindu Goddess on the Internet | 273 |
Documentary Film and Video Resources for Teaching on Kālī | 297 |
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS | 311 |
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