Interpreting Kali's Complexities

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dc.contributor.authorHinshelwood, Elisabeth C.
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-17T02:57:53Z
dc.date.available2024-03-17T02:57:53Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractInterpreting Kali’s Complexities explores the ways in which social and political structures and changes have impacted depictions of the Hindu goddess Kali. Beginning with an overview of the history and iconography of Kali, we begin in the 6th century with the Devi Mahatmya as the definitive scripture on Hindu goddesses. In this text, her origin story can be found, where she is described as the incarnation of Durga’s rage. Moving forward in time to the 17th and 18th centuries, primarily focusing on Northwestern India, we explore how artists stylistically understand and shift her iconography to align with or fight against the advent of British colonialism.
dc.description.reviewstatusReviewed
dc.description.scholarlevelUndergraduate
dc.description.sponsorshipJamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards (JCURA)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1828/16178
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Victoria
dc.subjectKali
dc.subjecthindu
dc.subjecttantra
dc.subjectfeminism
dc.subjectart history
dc.subjectSouth Asian art
dc.titleInterpreting Kali's Complexities
dc.typePoster

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