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LEADER: 01257cam a2200313 i 4500
001 2014012185
003 DLC
005 20150317083438.0
008 140404s2014 ncua b 001 0 eng c
010 $a 2014012185
020 $a9780822357100 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780822357247 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aNcD/DLC$beng$cNcD$erda$dDLC
042 $apcc
043 $aa-ii---
050 00 $aBL1237.58.D48$bR3635 2014
082 00 $a294.5/2114$223
100 1 $aRamberg, Lucinda,$d1962-
245 10 $aGiven to the goddess :$bSouth Indian devadasis and the sexuality of religion /$cLucinda Ramberg.
264 1 $aDurham :$bDuke University Press,$c2014.
300 $axiv, 282 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: gods, gifts, trouble -- Yellamma and her sisters -- Yellamma, her wives, and the question of religion -- Tantra, Shakta, Yellamma -- Sexual economy, sexual agency, and the "traffic" in women -- Kinship trouble -- Troubling kinship.
650 0 $aDevadāsīs.
650 0 $aYellamma (Hindu deity)
650 0 $aSex$xReligious aspects$xHinduism.