Berkson gives a lively description of the importance of the Goddess-Buffalo demon legend in contemporary India, illustrated with remarkable photographs of the annual ritual enactment of the myth in village festivals as well as urban settings. Berkson views the myth as a significant reflection of the tension between the adolescent male, striving for a separate identity, and the dominating mother figure, filtered through the Brahmin priest/myth maker/narrator.
- ISBN10 0195643712
- ISBN13 9780195643718
- Publish Date 1 July 1997 (first published July 1995)
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country IN
- Imprint OUP India
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 334
- Language English