One could well assume that the contours of the postcolonial anti-natalist state is a given,
rarely noticed by the surrogates themselves. As James Scott poetically noted in Weapons of …

The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are
derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient …

In many South Asian oral traditions, herons are viewed as duplicitous and conniving. These
traditions tend also to view women as fragmented identities, dangerously split between …

Just as the Hindu temple in rural Illinois had introduced Indian customs to the local
community, it was clear that the influence of American culture had set this temple apart from …

T he writing of this volume took me by surprise. I never envisaged it as part of my “research
program” until it began to form a life of its own. Eventually, it grew from childhood to …

" Introduction Mountains and the Sacred As the highest and most dramatic features of the
natural landscape, mountains have an extraordinary power to evoke the sacred. The …

Hindu and Greek mythologies teem with stories of women and men who are doubled, who
double themselves, who are seduced by gods doubling as mortals, whose bodies are split …

'Men and Masculinities in South India'aims to increase understanding of gender within South
Asia and especially South Asian masculinities, a topic whose analysis and ethnographising …

Page 1 DAVID KINSLEY THE TEN MAHAVIDYAS Tantric Visions Divine Feminine OF THE
Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 What is one to make of a group of goddesses that includes a goddess …

Innumerable studies have appeared in recent decades about practically every aspect of
women's lives in Western societies. The few such works on Buddhism have been quite …