Religion Against the Self: An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals

ISBN-13: 9780195113648 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 256 str.

Isabelle Nabokov; Isabelle Clark-Deces

Opis

In this comprehensive analysis of South Indian village Hinduism, Isabelle Nabokov shows that a wide spectrum of Tamil rituals effects transformations of identity through similar processual and symbolic operations. She reveals that such operations may lead participants to adopt personalities which are at odds with themselves.

Recenzje

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.