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TL;DR: Obeyesekere, Medusa's Hair : An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981| The Cult of the Goddess Pattini, Chicago: University ofChicago Press, 1984 as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Compte rendu de deux ouvrages de G. Obeyesekere, Medusa's Hair : An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981| The Cult of the Goddess Pattini, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984. L'aspect psychologique des symboles et l'utilisation des theories psychanalytiques

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Amitav Ghosh1




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TL;DR: Obeyesekere, Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience as mentioned in this paper, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981| The Cult of the Goddess Pattini, Chicago : UChicago Press, 1984.
Abstract: Compte rendu de deux ouvrages de G. Obeyesekere, Medusa's Hair : An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1981| The Cult of the Goddess Pattini, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1984. La femme, la sexualite feminine, la maternite et les contradictions du role de la femme au Sri Lanka vues dans une perspective symbolique et psychanalytique