When god is a customer: telugu courtesan songs by ksetrayya and others
Auteur :
Ramanujan, A. K. / Narayana Rao, Velcheru / Shulman, David
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520080690
Date de publication :
15 avr. 1994
Poids :
227 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Features the South Indian devotional poems that show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer.