When the World Becomes Female : Guises of a South Indian Goddess /

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During the goddess Gangamma's festival in the town of Tirupati, lower-caste men take guises of the goddess, and the streets are filled with men wearing saris, braids, and female jewelry. By contrast, women participate by intensifying the rituals they perform for Gangamma throughout the year, su...

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Main Author: Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Worship (Hinduism)
Religion.
Hindu cults.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
RELIGION > Hinduism > Theology.
Cultes hindous.
Gangamma (Divinite hindoue) > Culte > Inde > Tirupati.
Gangamma (Hindu deity) > Cult > India > Tirupati.
India > Tirupati.
Tirupati (India) > Religion.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
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