Ritualizing on the boundaries : continuity and innovation in the Tamil diaspora /

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1. autor: Clothey, Fred W.
Format: Książka
Język:English
Wydane: Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, c2006.
Seria:Studies in comparative religion (Columbia, S.C.)
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Spis treści:
  • Introduction: Boundaries and the Tamil Diaspora
  • The construction of a temple in an American city and the acculturation process
  • Shrines as cultural spaces in Singapore
  • Tirunelveli North: Nadars in God's beloved Dharavi, Mumbai
  • Brahmins and their three shrines
  • Double jeopardy: being a Tamil Muslim in a Mumbai Alley
  • Libations with 1,008 pots: ritual rules and changing circumstances
  • Navarãttiri: nine nights with the goddess in Mumbai
  • Trance and "sacred wounding": interpretations of Tai Pũcam at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • Singing on the boundaries: Bhajans, saint makers, and the reinterpretation of Arunakiri
  • Conclusion.