Religion against the self : an ethnography of Tamil Rituals /

This study, based on the author's fieldwork among rural Tamil villagers in South India, focuses on the ways in which people in this society interact with the supernatural beings who play such a large role in their personal and corporate lives. Isabelle Navokov looks at a spectrum of ritualized...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nabokov, Isabelle
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.
Temas:
Hinduism > India > Tamil Nadu > Customs and practices.
Tamil (Indic people) > Customs and practices.
Spirit possession > India > Tamil Nadu.
Hindouisme > Inde > Tamil Nadu > Coutumes et pratiques.
Tamouls > Coutumes et pratiques.
Possession par les esprits > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology of Religion.
Hinduism > Customs and practices
Spirit possession
Tamil Nadu (India) > Religious life and customs.
Tamil Nadu (Inde) > Vie religieuse.
India > Tamil Nadu
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Painful Crossings
  • Fruit from the Goddess
  • In the Grip of Blindness
  • Last Rites for Commanding Relationships
  • Of Women and Demons
  • The Decapitation of Young Brides
  • Learning to Live with a Split Self
  • Fruit from the Dead
  • The Recapitation of Young Grooms
  • When Parents are Unsuitable Brides
  • From Feast to Self-Sacrifice
  • Beyond Process and Separation.

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