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Sex i hinduismen: från askes till extas

Gansten, Martin LU (2010) p.103-125
Abstract
The chapter presents an overview of the importance of sexuality in, and its points of intersection with, Hindu religion, historically and in the contemporary world. Among the themes discussed are eroticism as religious imagery and role-play, ascetic ideals of chastity, contrasts between the treatment of sexuality in religious law and secular manuals of love, sacral and ritulized sexuality, sexual minorities and the ‘third sex’ (particularly the hijṛā community), and the influence of colonization and missionary activity on modern Hindu views on sexuality.
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Popular Science
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Sex – för Guds skull
editor
Geels, Antoon
pages
103 - 125
publisher
Studentlitteratur AB
ISBN
978-91-44-05930-3
language
Swedish
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yes
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The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015. The record was previously connected to the following departments: Centre for Theology and Religious Studies (015017000)
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2016-04-04 10:17:46
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