{"product_id":"fierce-feminine-divinities-of-eurasia-and-latin-america-baba-yaga-kl-pombagira-and-santa-muerte-9781349560769","title":"Fierce Feminine Divinities of Eurasia and Latin America: Baba Yaga, K\u0026#257;l\u0026#299;, Pombagira, and Santa Muerte","description":"In this provocative book, Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines untamed feminine divinities from around the world. Although distant geographically, these divine figures are surprisingly similar-representing concepts of liminality, outsiderhood, and structural inferiority, embodied in the divine feminine. These strong, independent, unrestrained figures are connected to the periphery and to magical powers, including power over sexuality, transformation, and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba offers a study of the origin and worship of four feminine deities across cultures and continents: the Slavic Baba Yaga, the Hindu Kālī, the Brazilian Pombagira, and the Mexican Santa Muerte. Although these divinities have often been marginalized through dismissal, demonization, and dulcification, they continue to be extremely attractive, as they empower their devotees confronting them with the ultimate reality of transience and death. Oleszkiewicz-Peralba examines how these sacred icons have been adaptedand transformed across time and place.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Malgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781349560769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMalgorzata Oleszkiewicz-Peralba\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA. Her publications include\u003ci\u003e The Black Madonna in Latin America and Europe: Tradition and Transformation \u003c\/i\u003e(2007), and \u003ci\u003eTeatro popular peruano: del precolombino al siglo XX \u003c\/i\u003e(1995), as well as numerous scholarly book chapters and articles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44227042738291,"sku":"9.78135E+12","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_932f3566-af1d-4367-97e9-6156cd53a69d.jpg?v=1768398435","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/fierce-feminine-divinities-of-eurasia-and-latin-america-baba-yaga-kl-pombagira-and-santa-muerte-9781349560769","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}