Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America - Baba Yaga, Kali, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte

Informationen zum Autor Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba is Professor of Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Her publications include The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation (2007), and Teatro popular peruano: del precolombino al siglo XX (1995), as well as numerous scholarly book chapters and articles.     Klappentext In this provocative book, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines untamed feminine divinities from around the world. Although distant geographically, these divine figures are surprisingly similar-representing concepts of liminality, outsiderhood, and structural inferiority, embodied in the divine feminine. These strong, independent, unrestrained figures are connected to the periphery and to magical powers, including power over sexuality, transformation, and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Although these divinities have often been marginalized through dismissal, demonization, and dulcification, they continue to be extremely attractive, as they empower their devotees confronting them with the ultimate reality of transience and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines how these sacred icons have been adapted and transformed across time and place. Zusammenfassung In this provocative book, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines untamed feminine divinities from around the world. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu Kali, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionPART I: EURASIA1. Baba Yaga, the Witch from Slavic Fairy Tales2. Ka¯li¯, the Ultimate Fierce FemininePART II: LATIN AMERICA3. Pombagira, the Holy Streetwalker 4. Santa Muerte, Death the ProtectorConclusion ...

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• Authors: Magorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba, Małgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9781137543547
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54354-7
• No. of pages: 202
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); B, Media Studies, Europe, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Cultural Theory, Communication, Ethnology, Social & cultural anthropology, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociocultural Anthropology, Culture—Study and teaching, Ethnology—Europe, Ethnology—Latin America, European Culture, Media and Communication Theory, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Relating to Latin / Hispanic American people, Latino Culture