Religion against the self
Subtitle: an ethnography of Tamil Rituals
By: Isabelle Nabokov.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 230
Subjects: Hinduism -- India -- Tamil Nadu -- Customs and practices.; Tamil (Indic people) -- Customs and practices.; Spirit possession -- India -- Tamil Nadu.; Tamil Nadu (India) -- Religious life and customs.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-223) and index.