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02988aam a2200349 i 4500 001 1CA634F6803411ED944134D030ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221220010056 008 220308s2022 enka bc 001 0 eng d 020 $a 0714151300 020 $a 9780714151304 035 $a (OCoLC)1308483207 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d OCLCO $d ERASA $d OCLCF $d JPG $d MYA $d SILO 050 4 $a BL458 $b .C74 2022 082 04 $a 200.82 $2 23 100 1 $a Crerar, Belinda, $e author. $1 https://isni.org/isni/0000000393937689 245 10 $a Feminine power : $b the divine to the demonic / $c Belinda Crerar ; preface by Mary Beard. 246 1 $i At head of title : $a Citi exhibition 264 1 $a London : $b The British Museum Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 272 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 25 cm 500 $a "Published to accompany the Citi exhibition 'Feminine power: the divine to the demonic' at the British Museum from 19 May to 25 September 2022"--Title page verso. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-266) and index. 520 8 $a Divine women--in many guises--have featured in every world faith from deep history until the present day, inspiring people and cultures across the world. In a cross-cultural and global approach, this book discusses Eve alongside Inanna, Radha, and Aphrodite in the context of sex and desire, while in the chapter on evil, witches and Hecate are compared with other deities, like Lamashtu and the Cihuateotl, as well as monstrous women such as Taraka, Medusa, Rangda, and Lilith. Ideas of justice and defense are explored in the figures of Athena, Sekhmet, and Kali, and the final chapter on compassion and salvation uncovers links between Isis, Mary, Tara, and Guanyin. The publication concludes with a discussion of contemporary art and modern interpretations of goddesses. Until the mid-twentieth century, the disciplines of theology, archaeology, and history were heavily dominated by male academics, resulting in the under-representation of women's experience and fewer studies on female divinity. This timely book, which is packed with fascinating insights into different cultures and beliefs, seeks to redress that balance. Exhibition: The British Museum, London, UK (19.05.-25.09.2022) / National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Australia (08.12.2022-27.08.2023) / La Caixa Forum Barcelona, Spain (05.10.2023-28.01.2024) / La Caixa Forum Madrid, Spain (29.02.-09.06.2024) / La Caixa Forum Sevilla, Spain (10.07.-27.10.2024) / La Caixa Forum Zaragoza, Spain (27.11.2024-16.03.2025) / La Caixa Forum Palma, Spain (22.04.-17.08.2025). 650 0 $a Women and religion $x History. 650 0 $a Goddesses $x History. 650 0 $a Witches $x History. 650 0 $a Women $x History. 650 0 $a Women $x Historiography. 710 2 $a British Museum, $e issuing body. $e issuing body. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117012055.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1CA634F6803411ED944134D030ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search