Perundevi Srinivasan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3637666 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Perundevi Srinivasan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Perundevi |
| FAMILY NAME | Srinivasan |
| SIGNATURE | SRINIVASAN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Religious Studies, Siena College, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sprouts of the Body, Sprouts of the Field: Identification of the Goddess with Poxes in South India
In south India, when a person is afflicted with poxes of any variety, it is believed that the goddess Mariyamman has "arrived" in the person. The Tamil term "ammai" means pustules or "pearls" of poxes as well as mother/goddess. Indigenous discourses, gleaned from resources, such as songs and narratives, facilitate our interrogation of the Hindu "religious experience" that underscores the immanent and eminent manifestations of the deity and the di…
Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Deities on the Move
Nationalist Fabric, Gendering Threads: Notes on Subramaniya Bharati’s Draupadī
Inventing and reinventing the goddess: Contemporary iterations of Hindu deities on the move
Chapter 1: Goddesses That Dwell On Earth: A Folk Paradigm of Divine Female Multiplicity Brenda Beck Chapter 2: Constructing Goddess Worship: Colonial Ethnographic and Public Health Discourses in South India Perundevi Srinivasan Chapter 3: From Local Goddess to Locale Goddess: Karumariamman as Divine Mother at a North American Hindu Temple Tracy Pintchman Chapter 4: An Indentured Goddess: Displacement of a Village Deity from Colonial India to Ceyl…
Sprouts of the Body, Sprouts of the Field: Identification of the Goddess with Poxes in South India
In south India, when a person is afflicted with poxes of any variety, it is believed that the goddess Mariyamman has "arrived" in the person. The Tamil term "ammai" means pustules or "pearls" of poxes as well as mother/goddess. Indigenous discourses, gleaned from resources, such as songs and narratives, facilitate our interrogation of the Hindu "religious experience" that underscores the immanent and eminent manifestations of the deity and the di…
Inventing and Reinventing the Goddess: Contemporary Iterations of Hindu Deities on the Move
Nationalist Fabric, Gendering Threads: Notes on Subramaniya Bharati’s Draupadī
Inventing and reinventing the goddess: Contemporary iterations of Hindu deities on the move
Chapter 1: Goddesses That Dwell On Earth: A Folk Paradigm of Divine Female Multiplicity Brenda Beck Chapter 2: Constructing Goddess Worship: Colonial Ethnographic and Public Health Discourses in South India Perundevi Srinivasan Chapter 3: From Local Goddess to Locale Goddess: Karumariamman as Divine Mother at a North American Hindu Temple Tracy Pintchman Chapter 4: An Indentured Goddess: Displacement of a Village Deity from Colonial India to Ceyl…
Sprouts of the Body, Sprouts of the Field: Identification of the Goddess with Poxes in South India
In south India, when a person is afflicted with poxes of any variety, it is believed that the goddess Mariyamman has "arrived" in the person. The Tamil term "ammai" means pustules or "pearls" of poxes as well as mother/goddess. Indigenous discourses, gleaned from resources, such as songs and narratives, facilitate our interrogation of the Hindu "religious experience" that underscores the immanent and eminent manifestations of the deity and the di…
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