The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology

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dc.contributor.advisorTobler, Judithen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorIsaacs-Martin, Wendy Janeen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-01T12:51:58Z
dc.date.available2015-01-01T12:51:58Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 105-116.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis minor dissertation engages a theoretical feminist discourse to identify the lack of benevolent female relationships in the development of religious mythology. The study explores two diverse belief systems, Hinduism and Shi'ism, in order to demonstrate that the feminine is reduced to a subservient and controlled creative force across different religious and cultural systems. The study further develops the roles of the woman in the religious tradition, as mother and nurse to the hero and the guardian of male symbols and language. I have drawn on the feminist critical analysis of Luce Irigaray, and on classical Hindu and Shi'ite myth, to discern ways in which the femaile has been alienated from patriarchal social reality, due to the male-defined construction of the sacred, divine and submissive woman.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationIsaacs-Martin, W. J. (2003). <i>The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10887en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationIsaacs-Martin, Wendy Jane. <i>"The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10887en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationIsaacs-Martin, W. 2003. The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Isaacs-Martin, Wendy Jane AB - This minor dissertation engages a theoretical feminist discourse to identify the lack of benevolent female relationships in the development of religious mythology. The study explores two diverse belief systems, Hinduism and Shi'ism, in order to demonstrate that the feminine is reduced to a subservient and controlled creative force across different religious and cultural systems. The study further develops the roles of the woman in the religious tradition, as mother and nurse to the hero and the guardian of male symbols and language. I have drawn on the feminist critical analysis of Luce Irigaray, and on classical Hindu and Shi'ite myth, to discern ways in which the femaile has been alienated from patriarchal social reality, due to the male-defined construction of the sacred, divine and submissive woman. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology TI - The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10887 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/10887
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationIsaacs-Martin WJ. The lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythology. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10887en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe lonely goddess : the lack of benevolent female relationships in Hindu and Shi'ite mythologyen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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