2nd Edition

Goddesses of Kathmandu Valley Grace, Rage, Knowledge

By Arun Gupto Copyright 2018
242 Pages
by Routledge India

242 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

242 Pages 10 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge India

In South Asia goddesses are conceptualized and worshipped in a fascinatingrange of forms – from cosmic beings to bacterial manifestations, from human-like appearances to creatures with animal and insect semblances. This book maps the diverse identities of goddesses through metaphors of Grace, Rage and Knowledge, and offers an in-depth insight into femininity, sexual politics, ritual worship,... Read more

List of figures. Foreword by Syed Manzoorul Islam. Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Grace, Rage and Knowledge 2. Devi and overlapping metaphors of Grace, Rage and Knowledge 3. Representations of Grace, Rage and Knowledge in valley art 4. Epistemology of the feminine and psychological posture 5. Afterword: goddesses and beauty. Epilogue. Glossary. Bibliography. Index

Biography



Arun Gupto is Principal at the Institute of Advanced Communication, Education and Research, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been part of the faculty at the Central Department of English, Tribhuvan University. His areas of study are literary theory, postcolonial studies and South Asian studies, and his current research is on South Asian art and religion, culminating in a documentary project entitled ‘The Art of the Lake’.

"Goddesses are found everywhere, but they are most at home in South Asia, which is the focus of Professor Gupto’s study. He has combined scholarship, theoretical astuteness and critical acumen to provide a fresh treatment of a subject of abiding interest to students of culture and the arts." - Kaiser Haq, Department of English, University of Dhaka