Kali's Child : The Mystical and the Erotic in the Life and Teachings of Ramakrishna
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Format
Paperback / softback
ISBN-10
0226453774
ISBN-13
9780226453774
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
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University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 1st, 1998
Print length
420 Pages
Weight
640 grams
Dimensions
15.50 x 22.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification:
HinduismMysticismGay studies (Gay men)
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How can Ramakrishna's saintly status be reconciled with his eroticized language and actions? This book argues that the key to understanding him lies in Tantra and its equation of the mystical and the erotic, and that his homosexulity is linked to every aspect of his life and teachings.
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