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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contents
List of Illustrations
Map
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Tantra and the Politics of South Asian Studies
Chapter One: Matrix of Power: The Śākta Pīṭhas and the Sacred Landscape of Tantra
Chapter Two: Blood for the Goddess: Animal Sacrifice and Divine Menstruation
Chapter Three: Goddess of Power: Tantra, Kingship, and Sacrifice in South Asian History
Chapter Four: The Sacrifice of Desire: Sexual Rites and the Secret Sacrifice
Chapter Five: What About the Woman? Gender Politics and the Interpretation of Women in Tantra
Chapter Six: The Power of God in a Dark Valley: Reform, Colonialism, and the Decline of Tantra in South Asia
Chapter Seven: The Power of the Goddess in a Postcolonial Age: Transformations of Tantra in the twentieth and twenty-first Centuries
Conclusions: Tantra and the End of Imperialism: Beyond “Deep Orientalism” and “Third-Worldism”
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