Is the Goddess a Feminist?: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses

by Alf Hiltebeitel and Kathleen M. Erndl

Book Overview

In India, God can be female. The goddesses of Hinduism and Buddhism represent the largest extant collection of living goddesses anywhere on the planet. Feminists in the West often draw upon South Asian goddesses as theological resources in the contemporary rediscovery of the Goddess. Yet, these goddesses are products of a male supremacist society.
What is the impact of powerful female deities--their images, projections, textuality, and history--on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081473619X
• ISBN13: 9780814736197
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.4"