Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess - Paperback

by Sree Padma (Editor), Brenda Beck (Contribution by), Perundevi Srinivasan (Contribution by)

The volume underscores the manner in which the religious cultures of goddesses are reflexes of larger social processes occurring historically in local contexts and illustrates transformations in how these same goddesses are understood when they migrate from indigenous social and cultural contexts to destinations with their devotees.

Author Biography

Sree Padma is executive director of the Inter-Collegiate Sri Lanka Education (ISLE) Program and research assistant professor in Asian studies at Bowdoin College.