Revision of papers presented at a conference on the Mother Goddess at Carleton University in November 1987 with the help of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Department of Religion, Carleton University.
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Folk deities and Matrika cult of South West Bengal
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Chiefly on Hindu mother goddesses.
Folk deities and Matrika cult of South West Bengal
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Type: Book
Chiefly on Hindu mother goddesses.
Folk deities and Matrika cult of South West Bengal
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Type: Book
Chiefly on Hindu mother goddesses.
Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, 'Mother India', the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the country's diverse communi…
Formal concerns -- Other women, other mothers -- Vande mataram -- Enshrining the map of India -- Between men, map, and mother -- Daughters of India.
A history of the evolving idea of India in the 20th century, as seen through visual representations of the goddess Mother India.
Formal concerns -- Other women, other mothers -- Vande mataram -- Enshrining the map of India -- Between men, map, and mother -- Daughters of India.
A history of the evolving idea of India in the 20th century, as seen through visual representations of the goddess Mother India.
"Making the case for a new kind of visual history, The Goddess and the Nation charts the pictorial life and career of Bharat Mata, 'Mother India', the Indian nation imagined as mother/goddess, embodiment of national territory, and unifying symbol for the country's diverse commun…
"In ancient Babylon she was Anat, in Egypt, Isis and Hathor, Dana in Celtic Ireland, Rhea and Demeter in Greece, and in India, Anapurna the "Provider." She is the Great Goddess, the symbol of earth and the giver of life, the Vast Mother, who represented all the powers and myster…