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...
| Основен автор: | Nabokov, Isabelle. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2000.
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| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Religion against the self. |
Съдържание:
- Contents; Introduction; ONE: Painful Crossings; TWO: Fruit from the Goddess; THREE: In the Grip of Blindness; FOUR: Last Rites for Commanding Relationships; FIVE: Of Women and Demons; SIX: The Decapitation of Young Brides; SEVEN: Learning to Live with a Split Self; EIGHT: Fruit from the Dead; NINE: The Recapitation of Young Grooms; TEN: When Parents are Unsuitable Brides; ELEVEN: From Feast to Self-Sacrifice; TWELVE: Beyond Process and Separation; Conclusion; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W.