Sacred groves and local gods : religion and environmentalism in South India /
Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 236 pages) : illustrations, map |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-221) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199895472 0199895473 9780199985678 0199985677 |