Given to the Goddess: South Indian Devadasis and the Sexuality of Religion

Subtitle: 
Department of Religious Studies Series on “Queering Religion”
Activity Type: 
Workshop
Presenter: 
Dr. Lucinda Ramberg, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies Cornell University
Date: 
Monday, September 18, 2017 - 12:00
Event Status: 
As Scheduled
Location: 
602 Cathedral of Learning

2nd chapter of the book "Given to the Goddess: “Yellamma, Her Wives, and the Question of Religion.” and Lawrence Cohen, “The Gay Guru: Fallibility, unworldliness, and the scene of instruction”

Open to faculty and graduate students.

UCIS Unit: 
Asian Studies Center
Indo-Pacific Council
Other Pitt Sponsors: 
Department of Religious Studies; Provost’s Year of Diversity; Humanities Center; University Honors College; Department of Anthropology; Department of Sociology; Gender
Sexuality & Women’s Studies; Jewish Studies.