Religion against the Self:An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals - Couverture souple

Nabokov, Isabelle

 
9780195113655: Religion against the Self:An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195113659 ISBN 13 : 9780195113655
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2000

Synopsis

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 contexts in which the boundaries between the natural and spiritual worls are penetrated and communication takes place. Throughout, Nabokov's meticulous analysis sheds new light on this hiterto almost unkown domain - and entire range of fascinating phenomena basic to South Indian religion as it is really lived.

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Revue de presse

This conclusion is at odds with many studies of women's ritual. However, it is a voice that deserves to be heard and a book that deserves a wide audience (Frederick M Smith, Religious Studies Review, Vol 27, No 2, April 2001)

rich in theory and energetic in description (Frederick M Smith, Religious Studies Review, Vol 27, No 2, April 2001)

This innovative book explores esoteric practices in Tamil ritual - sorcery, countersorcery, initiatic dreams and visions, sacrifice, and most importantly, possession, usually of deceased relatives - in relation to their social linkages. (Frederick M Smith, Religious Studies Review, Vol 27, No 2, April 2001)

Présentation de l'éditeur

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 contexts in which the boundaries between the natural and spiritual worls are penetrated and communication takes place. Throughout, Nabokov's meticulous analysis sheds new light on this hiterto almost unkown domain - and entire range of fascinating phenomena basic to South Indian religion as it is really lived.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2000
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195113659
ISBN 13 
9780195113655
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
252
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780195113648: Religion Against the Self: An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195113640 ISBN 13 :  9780195113648
Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2000
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