South Asian religions on display
Subtitle: religious processions in South Asia and in the diaspora
By: edited by Knut A. Jacobsen
Series: Routledge South Asian religion series
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780415437363; 9780203930595
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The reinvention of Tamil funeral processions / Isabelle Clark-Deces; title: Getting in line : the Kumbha Mela festival processions / James G. Lochtefeld; title: Mapping the management of threatening gods and social conflict : a territorial approach to processions in a South Indian village (Tamil Nadu) / Pierre-Yves Trouillet; title: Space, sound, auspiciousness, and performance in North Indian wedding processions / Gregory D. Booth; title: Public display, communal devotion : procession at a South Indian Catholic festival / Selva J. Raj; title: The Virgin and her 'relations' : reflections on processions at a Catholic shrine in southern India / Matthias Frenz; title: 'Yeh matam kayse ruk jae?' ('How could this matam ever cease?') : Muharram processions in Pakistani Punjab / Mariam Abou Zahab; title: Moderating Muharran / Stig Toft Madsen and Muhammad Hassan; title: Muharram processions and the ethicization of hero cults in the pre-modern Deccan / Hugh Van Skyhawk; title: Personifying the Sikh scripture : ritual processions of the Guru Granth Sahib in India / Kristina Myrvold; title: Gods on the move : Hindu chariot processions in Singapore / Vineeta Sinha; title: Parading Hindu gods in public : new festival traditions of Tamil Hindus in Germany / Brigitte Luchesi; title: Processions, public space and sacred space in the South Asian diasporas in Norway / Knut A. jacobsen; title: Rathayatra of the Hare Krishnas in Durban : inventing strategies to transmit religious ideas in modern society / P. Pratap Kumar; title: Conclusion and future prospects / Knut A Jacobsen.