Thaipusam in Malaysia : a Hindu festival in the Tamil diaspora /

""This is an important book by Carl Vadivella Belle which argues that Hinduism and its manifestations in the diaspora has important significance in binding not only the Hindus but also encourages 'others' to revisit Hinduism, especially in a multicultural society like Malaysia wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Belle, Carl Vadivella (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, 2017.
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2017.
Temas:
Murugan > (Hindu deity)
Murugan (Hindu deity) > Cult > Malaysia.
Fasts and feasts > Hinduism.
Thaipusam > Malaysia.
Fêtes religieuses > Hindouisme.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies.
Cults
Fasts and feasts > Hinduism
Thaipusam
Malaysia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 1. Indians in Malaysia : the social and ethnic context
  • 2. Tamil traditions and south Indian Hinduism
  • 3. Colonialism, colonial knowledge and Hindu reform movements
  • 4. Hinduism in Malaysia : an overview
  • 5. Murugan : a Tamil deity
  • 6. The phenomenology of Thaipusam at Batu Caves
  • 7. Other Thaipusams
  • 8. Thaipusam considered : the divine crossing
  • Conclusions.

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