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Sacred play : ritual levity and humor in South Asian religions /
"Frivolity isn't always frivolous - sometimes it can be sacred. Sacred Play uncovers levity and playfulness in a variety of South Asian traditions where one might least expect to find it: in the heart of ritual. Case studies of Hindu, Muslim, Christian, and Buddhist rituals examine instanc...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: ritual levity in South Asian traditions / Selva J. Raj and Corinne Dempsey
- Serious levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India / Selva J. Raj
- Don't take it badly, it's Holi : ritual levity, society, and agriculture / A. Whitney Sanford
- Playing the married lady : primary marriage among the Newars of Nepal / Liz wilson
- The "artful trick" : challenging convention through play in upstate New York / Corinne Dempsey and Sudharshan Durayappah
- Friendship, humor, levity, and love in a Hindu women's ritual tradition / Tracy Pintchman
- Laughing until it hurts-- somebody else : the pain of a ritual joke / William P. Harman
- Gods' play and the Buddha's way : varieties of levity in contemporary Sinhala practice / Jonathan Walters
- Playing with Durga in Bengal / Rachel Fell McDermott
- Turning Karbala inside out : humor and ritual critique in South Asian Muharram rites / Amy C. Bard
- A Catholic charismatic healer at play in North India / Mathew N. Schmalz
- Response / Jonathan Z. Smith.