Cargando…
Religion and Commodification : Merchandizing' Diasporic Hinduism.
Sustaining a Hindu universe at an everyday life level requires an extraordinary range of religious specialists and ritual paraphernalia. At the level of practice, devotional Hinduism is an embodied religion and grounded in a materiality, that makes the presence of specific physical objects (which wh...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis Ltd.,
2010.
|
| Colección: | Routledge research in religion, media and culture.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Sustaining a Hindu universe at an everyday life level requires an extraordinary range of religious specialists and ritual paraphernalia. At the level of practice, devotional Hinduism is an embodied religion and grounded in a materiality, that makes the presence of specific physical objects (which when used in worship also carry immense ritual and symbolic load) an indispensable part of its religious practices. Traditionally, both services and objects required for worship were provided and produced by occupational communities. The almost sacred connection between caste groups and occupation/pro. |
|---|---|
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (243 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780203842799 0203842790 1282912755 9781282912755 |