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Author : Denis Vidal
Publisher : IRD Editions
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Cults
ISBN : 2709909359
Author : Denis Vidal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:490497190
Author : Peter Claus,Sarah Diamond,Margaret Mills
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 741 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000101225
With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.
Author : Phyllis Granoff,Koichi Shinohara
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780774859806
This collection offers a challenge to any simple understanding of the role of images by looking at aspects of the reception of image worship that have only begun to be studied, including the many hesitations that Asian religious traditions expressed about image worship. Written by eminent scholars of anthropology, art history, and religion with interests in different regions (India, China, Japan, and Southeast Asia), this volume takes a fresh look at the many ways in which images were defined and received in Asian religions. Buddha Dharma Kyokai Foundation Book on Buddhism and Comparative Religion
Author : Peter Berger,Frank Heidemann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134061112
The Modern Anthropology of India is an accessible textbook providing a critical overview of the ethnographic work done in India since 1947. It assesses the history of research in each region and serves as a practical and comprehensive guide to the main themes dealt with by ethnographers. It highlights key analytical concepts and paradigms that came to be of relevance in particular regions in the recent history of research in India, and which possibly gained a pan-Indian or even trans-Indian significance. Structured according to the states of the Indian union, contributors raise several key questions, including: What themes were ethnographers interested in? What are the significant ethnographic contributions? How are peoples, communities and cultural areas represented? How has the ethnographic research in the area developed? Filling a significant gap in the literature, the book is an invaluable resource to students and researchers in the field of Indian anthropology/ethnography, regional anthropology and postcolonial studies. It is also of interest to students of South Asian studies in general as it provides an extensive and critical overview of regionally based ethnographic activity undertaken in India.
Author : Daniela Berti,Anthony Good
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000930108
This book presents original research on the controversies surrounding animal sacrifice in South Asia through the lens of court cases. It focuses on the parties involved in these cases: on their discourses, motivations, and contrasting points of view. Through an examination of judicial files, court decisions and newspaper articles, and interviews with protagonists, the book explores how the question of animal sacrifice is dealt with through administrative, legislative, and judicial practice. It outlines how, although animal sacrifice has over the ages been contested by various religious reform movements, the practice has remained widespread at all levels of society, especially in certain regions. It reveals that far from merely being a religious and ritual question, animal sacrifice has become a focus of broader public debate, and it discusses how the controversies highlight the contrast between ‘traditional’ and ‘reformist’ understandings of Hinduism; the conflict between the core legal and moral principles of religious freedom and social progress; and the growing concern with environmental issues and animal rights. The Introduction, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Chapter 7 of this book are available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.taylorfrancis.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 International license. Funded by Centre National de la Recherche Scientific.
Author : Lokesh Ohri
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438482576
Hinduism, as is well known, has taken a multitude of shapes and forms. Some Hindu "little traditions" have remained obscure or understudied to this day due to their regional remoteness. One such offshoot is the influential cult of Mahasu, which has existed since medieval times in a part of the western Himalaya. The deity at the core of the cult takes the form of four primary Mahasus with territorial influence, installed in various far-flung temples. Their geographical center is the village of Hanol, and the larger territory is integrated into the Mahasu politico-religious system by a peripatetic deity with loyal followers across a considerable domain. Mahasu remains influential in the region, its ritual practices having remained quite distinct despite social change. An anthropological survey was conducted in its terrain during British times, but Till Kingdom Come is the first book to offer a detailed framework, a fine-grained history, and an analytically nuanced understanding of one of the rarest branches of Hindu worship.
Author : Marie Lecomte-Tilouine,Anne de Sales
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781040049358
This volume considers spirit possession in the Himalayas and the various ways in which invisible powers are made present. It does so by examining material representations of these powers through artefacts, animals, plants and natural substances, while also focusing on narratives of people’s encounters with the invisible that may help them to reconfigure reality. Through these two approaches, the contributions examine new phenomena associated with the concepts of "possession" and "shamanism", which otherwise tend to lead research into well-worn furrows. The book addresses a range of themes, including the gods of the Western Himalayas, death and ritual dissolution among Hyolmo Buddhists in Nepal, gods and rivers as legal persons in India, and the problem of conversion disorder in Nepal. Rich in ethnography, this book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of anthropology, religion, spiritualism, sociology of religion, Himalayan studies, sociology and South Asia.
Author : William Sturman Sax
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195139143
Over a period of ten years, William Sax studied the inhabitants of the former kingdom of Garhwal, located in north India. He saw and took part in many performances of the pandav lila, a ritual reenactment of scenes from the Mahabharata in dance.
Author : Georg Berkemer,Margret Frenz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9783112402696
The refereed series ZMO-Studien publishes monographs and edited volumes which mirror the interdisciplinary research programme and approach of the Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
ISBN : UOM:39015079676477
Author : Anne Vergati
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : UOM:39015052774786
The Study, Beautifully Illustrated, Focuses On The Masks Of Gods, Goddesses And Demons Worn By The Newars Of Kath-Mandu Valley. It Deals With Contexts In Which The Dancers Wear The Masks And With Legends Concerning The Dances.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015078217430
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
ISBN : UVA:X001193615
Author : Centre d'études himalayennes (Meudon, France)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Himalaya Mountains Region
ISBN : WISC:89048418792