Brenda E F Beck

Datos Biográficos

ID82986
NOMBREBrenda E F Beck
NOMBRESBrenda E F
APELLIDOBeck
FIRMABECK B E F
AFILIACIONESUniversity of British Columbia
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS31
TOTAL DE CITAS96
TOTAL COMO AUTOR31
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN1969
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2023
ÍNDICE H3

  • Thirst, Rain, Severed Heads and Magical Fluids

    Brenda E F BeckARTICLEReligions of South Asia2023

    This essay studies a South Asian folk epic and searches for its basic, inner message. Suffering, penance and the power of blood are core themes. The main metaphors used refer to drought and the heat generated by personal struggle. But heat releases new life, just as a hot sun engenders rain. The story features a severed animal head that the goddess Bhudevi then transforms into a cosmic seed, birthing a fresh new yuga cycle. The same folk epic als…

  • Kannimar Shrines and Iconography

    Brenda E F BeckARTICLEReligions of South Asia2021Referencias: 2

    The Kannimar are seven look-alike goddesses affiliated with the Pleiades. In local Tamil folk temples of Tamilnadu’s Kongu area they are worshipped in one cluster, as sisters. They are mediators who occupy a middle ground, both spatially and ritually. The seven are served together, soon after the most prominent gods and goddesses, but ahead of other deities, mainly devotees and service-providers whose shrines are found in the same broad compound.…

  • Women, cows, and the cosmic womb

    Brenda E F BeckARTICLENidān2020

  • Becoming a Living Goddess

    Brenda E F Beck, Brenda BeckBOOKThe Oxford History of Hinduism2018

    According to South Asian Hindu tradition, what traits or actions lead to a woman becoming “a living goddess”? To answer that question, this chapter considers an ancient Tamil legend known as The Legend of Ponnivala . In that epic story, a mother and daughter are described as living goddesses. Present-day parallels for these two legendary females are then considered. The Ponnivala mother is compared to a living woman known as “Amma” or the “huggin…

  • Ideological Structures

    Brenda E F Beck, Brenda BeckCHAPTERCanadian Ethnology Society2018

  • Elder Brothers Story

    Heda Jason, David A Schulman et al.ARTICLEAsian Folklore Studies1995

  • Folktales of India

    David Shulman, Brenda E F Beck et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1989

  • Folktales of India

    Frank J Korom, Brenda E F Beck et al.ARTICLEJournal of the American Oriental…1988

  • Folktales of India

    Anthony Good, Brenda E F Beck et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1988

  • Folktales of India

    John D Smith, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEMan1988

  • Folktales of India

    Hugh M Flick, Brenda E F Beck et al.ARTICLEAsian Folklore Studies1987

  • The Three Twins

    Jawaharlal Handoo, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEAsian Folklore Studies1984

  • The Epic of Palnadu

    Brenda E F Beck, Gene H RoghairARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1984

  • The Three Twins. The Telling of a South Indian Folk Epic

    R E Asher, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEPacific Affairs1983

  • The Three Twins

    C Scott Littleton, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1983

  • The Three Twins

    Lorna Amarasingham Rhodes, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEAnthropological Quarterly1983

  • The Three Twins

    Anthony Good, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEMan1983Citada por: 2

  • Indian minstrels as sociologists

    Open AccessBrenda E F BeckARTICLEContributions to Indian Sociology1982Citada por: 1Referencias: 1

  • Perspectives on a Regional Culture

    G Mcdonald, Brenda E F BeckARTICLEPacific Affairs1982

  • The Goddess and the Demon. A local South Indian Festival and its wider context

    Open AccessBrenda E F BeckCHAPTERAutour de la Déesse hindoue1981

    Māriyammaṉ of Kaṉṉapuram, the goddess of a very old revenue village in the Coimbatore District, can be linked to both Kālī and Durgā through her placement in local iconographic, ritual and mythic traditions. The key event of her annual festival involves her marriage to a mystery male. His tree-trunk image generates a number of symbolic overtones. Among these are hints about his being Śiva on the one hand, and a local demon or social outcaste on t…

  • The Role of Women in a Tamil Folk Epic

    Brenda E F BeckARTICLEEthnologies1980

    Un conte populaire indien contemporain et des écrits plus classiques tiennent pour l'essentiel le même discours sur la nature de la femme. Les deux genres littéraires montrent que, dans la vie quotidienne, les femmes sont plus faibles que les hommes, mais s'entendent aussi pour dire que, dans certains cas, les femmes font preuve de pouvoirs spéciaux qui ne sont pas en rapport avec leurs capacités physiques. En Inde comme dans d'autres cultures, o…

  • Body Imagery in the Tamil Proverbs of South India

    Brenda E F BeckARTICLEWestern Folklore1979Citada por: 2

  • The Logical Appropriation of Kinship as a Political Metaphor

    Open AccessBrenda E F BeckARTICLEAnthropologica1978

    Brenda E. F. Beck, The Logical Appropriation of Kinship as a Political Metaphor: An Indian Epic at the Civilizational and Regional Levels, Anthropologica, New Series, Vol. 20, No. 1/2 (1978), pp. 47-64

  • The Common Authorship of Luke and Acts

    Open AccessBrenda E F Beck, B E BeckARTICLENew Testament Studies1977

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  • Essays on South India

    Brenda E F Beck, Burton SteinARTICLEPacific Affairs1977