Kiss of the Yogini: Tantric Sex in Its South Asian Contexts

by David Gordon White

Book Overview

For those who wonder what relation actual Tantric practices bear to the Tantric sex currently being marketed so successfully in the West, David Gordon White has a simple answer: there is none. Sweeping away centuries of misunderstandings and misrepresentations, White returns to original texts, images and ritual practices to reconstruct the history of South Asian Tantra from the mediaeval period to the present day. distinctive feature of South Asian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226894835
• ISBN13: 9780226894836
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 391 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"