{"id":"https://openalex.org/W401674075","doi":null,"title":"Renowned Goddess of Desire: Women, Sex, and Speech in Tantra","display_name":"Renowned Goddess of Desire: Women, Sex, and Speech in Tantra","publication_year":2007,"publication_date":"2007-10-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W401674075","mag":"401674075"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:scholar.colorado.edu:books-1166","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://scholar.colorado.edu/books/167","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401957","display_name":"CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I188538660","host_organization_name":"University of Colorado Boulder","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"CU Authors Book Gallery","raw_type":"text"},"volume":null,"type":"article","indexed_in":[],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010290085","display_name":"Loriliai Biernacki","orcid":null,"observed_orcids":[]},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Loriliai Biernacki","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5010290085"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":35.01,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":52,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99483383,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11563","display_name":"Indian and Buddhist Studies","score":0.9951000213623047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11563","display_name":"Indian and Buddhist Studies","score":0.9951000213623047,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1212","display_name":"Religious studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12275","display_name":"Gender and Feminist Studies","score":0.002300000051036477,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3318","display_name":"Gender Studies"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T13005","display_name":"Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices","score":0.0006000000284984708,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1211","display_name":"Philosophy"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/12","display_name":"Arts and Humanities"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tantra","display_name":"Tantra","score":0.953000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/kali","display_name":"Kali","score":0.5740000009536743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/women-s-language","display_name":"women's language","score":0.675000011920929},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mantras","display_name":"mantras","score":0.6629999876022339},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/gender","display_name":"gender","score":0.578000009059906},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/women-s-empowerment","display_name":"women's empowerment","score":0.48399999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/men-s-violence-against-women","display_name":"men's violence against women","score":0.7429999709129333}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780925944","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q181510","display_name":"Tantra","level":2,"score":0.9648382663726807},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778171436","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131510","display_name":"Mantra","level":2,"score":0.6075364947319031},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C538221381","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39950","display_name":"Vedas","level":3,"score":0.5616821050643921},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781008207","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7318107","display_name":"Reverence","level":2,"score":0.4463009834289551},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C46610780","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9089","display_name":"Hinduism","level":2,"score":0.44295862317085266},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29912816","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11059","display_name":"Sanskrit","level":2,"score":0.43643510341644287},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124952713","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8242","display_name":"Literature","level":1,"score":0.43430596590042114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144024400","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21201","display_name":"Sociology","level":0,"score":0.37666523456573486},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107038049","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q35986","display_name":"Aesthetics","level":1,"score":0.36451685428619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.3542674779891968},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95457728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q309","display_name":"History","level":0,"score":0.3356895446777344},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107993555","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1662673","display_name":"Gender studies","level":1,"score":0.3313257098197937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.32410651445388794},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138885662","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5891","display_name":"Philosophy","level":0,"score":0.25381532311439514},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24667770","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34187","display_name":"Religious studies","level":1,"score":0.181596577167511},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C27206212","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34178","display_name":"Theology","level":1,"score":0.13391634821891785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111472728","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9471","display_name":"Epistemology","level":1,"score":0.10556966066360474}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":4,"locations":[{"id":"pmh:oai:scholar.colorado.edu:books-1166","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://scholar.colorado.edu/books/167","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401957","display_name":"CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I188538660","host_organization_name":"University of Colorado Boulder","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"CU Authors Book Gallery","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:scholar.colorado.edu:books-1167","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://scholar.colorado.edu/books/168","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401957","display_name":"CU Scholar (University of Colorado Boulder)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"listed_in":[],"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I188538660","host_organization_name":"University of Colorado Boulder","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I188538660"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"CU Authors Book Gallery","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-016033791","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip076/2006100015.html","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"mag:401674075","doi":null,"is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BA85195637","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":null}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","score":0.75,"display_name":"Gender equality"}],"sustainable_development_goals_aurora":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/5","score":0.7699999809265137,"display_name":"Gender equality"}],"study_designs":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2482213082","https://openalex.org/W4414738641","https://openalex.org/W2487723171","https://openalex.org/W2477354666","https://openalex.org/W2977614272","https://openalex.org/W4246069782","https://openalex.org/W2794985442","https://openalex.org/W2009246636","https://openalex.org/W4210778005","https://openalex.org/W4281398634"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Tantra":[0,133,283],"is":[1,73,123,196,242,294],"a":[2,25,49,93,124,167,191,286],"family":[3],"of":[4,9,24,31,45,63,95,107,116,138,160,169,187,193,218,255,260,282,288],"rituals":[5,19],"modeled":[6],"on":[7,203],"those":[8],"the":[10,22,29,40,43,54,89,105,121,135,179,182,207,226,232,240,252,280,292,301],"Vedas":[11],"and":[12,16,28,56,85,118,126,157,199,223,251,257],"their":[13],"attendant":[14],"texts":[15,174,189],"lineages.":[17],"These":[18],"typically":[20],"involve":[21],"visualization":[23],"deity,":[26,55],"offerings,":[27],"chanting":[30],"his":[32],"or":[33,65,70,132],"her":[34],"mantra.":[35],"Common":[36],"variations":[37],"include":[38],"visualizing":[39,51],"deity":[41],"in":[42,82,88,151,176,210,231,265,290,300],"act":[44],"sexual":[46,96],"union":[47],"with":[48],"consort,":[50],"oneself":[52],"as":[53,60,92,216,221,245],"transgressive":[136],"acts":[58],"such":[59],"token":[61],"consumption":[62],"meat":[64],"alcohol.":[66],"Most":[67],"notoriously,":[68],"non-standard":[69],"ritualized":[71],"sex":[72,228],"sometimes":[74],"practiced.":[75],"This":[76],"accounts":[77],"for":[78,243],"Tantra's":[79,102],"negative":[80],"reputation":[81],"some":[83,99],"quarters":[84],"its":[86],"reception":[87],"West":[90],"primarily":[91],"collection":[94,168],"practices.":[97],"Although":[98],"today":[100],"extol":[101],"liberating":[103],"qualities,":[104],"role":[106],"women":[108,117,128,153,194,212,264,289],"remains":[109],"controversial.":[110],"Traditionally":[111],"there":[112,284],"are":[113,129,154,166],"two":[114],"views":[115],"Tantra.":[119],"Either":[120],"feminine":[122,249],"metaphor":[125],"actual":[127],"altogether":[130],"absent,":[131],"involves":[134],"use":[137],"women's":[139],"bodies":[140],"to":[141,236,271],"serve":[142],"male":[143,261],"interests.":[144],"Loriliai":[145],"Biernacki":[146],"presents":[147],"an":[148,295],"alternative":[149],"view,":[150],"which":[152,211,291],"revered,":[155],"worshipped,":[156],"considered":[158],"worthy":[159],"spiritual":[161],"attainment.":[162],"Her":[163,185],"primary":[164],"sources":[165],"eight":[170,273],"relatively":[171],"modern":[172],"Tantric":[173,227,238,302],"written":[175],"Sanskrit":[177,275],"from":[178],"15th":[180],"through":[181],"18th":[183],"century.":[184],"analysis":[186],"these":[188],"reveals":[190],"view":[192],"that":[195,278],"generally":[197],"positive":[198],"empowering.":[200],"She":[201],"focuses":[202],"four":[204],"topics:":[205],"1)":[206],"Kali":[208],"Practice,":[209],"appear":[213],"not":[214],"only":[215],"objects":[217],"reverence":[219],"but":[220],"practitioners":[222],"gurus;":[224],"2)":[225],"rite,":[229],"especially":[230],"case":[233],"that,":[234],"contrary":[235],"other":[237],"texts,":[239,276],"preference":[241],"wives":[244],"ritual":[246,303],"consorts;":[247],"3)":[248],"language":[250],"gendered":[253],"implications":[254],"mantra;":[256],"4)":[258],"images":[259],"violence":[262],"towards":[263],"tantric":[266],"myths.":[267],"Biernacki,":[268],"by":[269],"choosing":[270],"analyse":[272],"particular":[274],"argues":[277],"within":[279],"tradition":[281],"exists":[285],"representation":[287],"female":[293],"authoritative,":[296],"powerful,":[297],"equal":[298],"participant":[299],"practice.":[304]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3}],"updated_date":"2026-10-25T09:29:13.331239","created_date":"2016-06-24T00:00:00"}