HomepageEPISODELucinda Ramberg’s “Given to the Goddess” EPISODE Lucinda Ramberg’s “Given to the Goddess” Ben Myers Posted on 05/25/2015 We discuss Lucinda Ramberg’s new book on Indian devadasis who are dedicated as temple wives to particular deities. Ben Myers W. Benjamin Myers (Ph. D. Southern Illinois University 2007) is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at USC Upstate. View all posts Post navigation Previous PostDiscussion/Review of Jeffrey McCune’s Sexual Discretion: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Passing Next PostAuthor Interview Marcia Ochoa – Queen for a Day: Transformistas, Beauty Queens, and the Performance of Femininity in Venezuela You Might Also Like EPISODE The Transition Episode Ben Myers 05/20/2013 EPISODE Kenneth Burke, Symbolic Action, Agency and Women’s Bodies Ben Myers 08/18/2012 EPISODE Lee Edelman & Lauren Berlant Discuss Sex, or the Unbearable Ben Myers 03/14/2014 EPISODE Interview with Soyini Madison-Author of “Acts of Activism” Ben Myers 08/18/2012