Tantra : sex, secrecy politics, and power in the study of religions /
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface and Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra; 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kali: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance; 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India; 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination; 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda.