{"product_id":"the-mysterious-play-of-kali","title":"The Mysterious Play of Kali","description":"\u003cp\u003eRamakrishna was a nineteenth-century Bengali devotee of Kali, the Hindu goddess of death and destruction. He assumed the demeanor and dress of a woman, acted like a monkey, a child, a madman, and a comedian at various times during his career. Using the concept of play (lila), as both spontaneous activity and dramatic performance on behalf of Kali, Carl Olson provides a interpretive key for unlocking Ramakrishna's life and his often contradictory forms of behavior.\n\u003cbr\u003eOlson places Ramakrishna in his social and historical context, examines his relationship to women, and investigates his status as a mystery or stranger to his contemporaries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46059535630574,"sku":"9781555403409","price":131.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/the-mysterious-play-of-kali","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}