TY  - GEN
T1  - When the world becomes female : guises of a South Indian goddess
A1  - Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter
LA  - English
PP  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocn852158516
AB  - 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, such as cooking and offering food. Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger argues that within the festival ultimate reality is imagined as female and women identify with the goddess, whose power they share. Vivid accounts by male and female participants offer new insights into Gangamma's traditions and the nature of Hindu village goddesses.
CN  - BL1225.G362 F58 2013eb
SN  - 9780253009609
SN  - 025300960X
SN  - 1299667635
SN  - 9781299667631
SN  - 9780253009524
SN  - 0253009529
SN  - 9780253009562
SN  - 0253009561
KW  - Gangamma (Hindu deity) : Cult : India : Tirupati.
KW  - Worship (Hinduism)
KW  - Tirupati (India) : Religion.
KW  - Hindu cults.
KW  - Gangamma (Divinité hindoue) : Culte : Inde : Tirupati.
KW  - Cultes hindous.
KW  - RELIGION : Hinduism : Theology.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - Hindu cults
KW  - Religion
KW  - India : Tirupati
ER  -