1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990000447640203316

Autore

CALVINO, Italo

Titolo

Sulla fiaba / Italo Calvino ; a cura di Mario Lavagetto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Torino, : G. Einaudi, c1988

ISBN

88-06-11417-4

Descrizione fisica

XXX, 158 p. ; 17 cm

Collana

Saggi brevi ; 1

Disciplina

858.914

Collocazione

IV.1. 1084(VARIE COLL 969/1)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910255449603321

Autore

Umamaheshwari R

Titolo

Reading History with the Tamil Jainas [[electronic resource] ] : A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation / / by R. Umamaheshwari

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Springer India : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

81-322-3756-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXX, 326 p. 106 illus., 58 illus. in color.)

Collana

Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures, , 2211-1115 ; ; 22

Disciplina

294.409

Soggetti

Religion - History

Philosophy, Modern

Ethnology - Asia

Culture

History of Religion

Philosophical Traditions

Asian Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. On Reading History, and a Community -- 2. Jaina Studies: A Historical Overview -- 3. Recovery of Self? 3.Community Narratives, Inscriptional Records: A Chronicle of Journeys through Tamil Jaina Villages -- 4.‘Retrieving’, Seeking, the Tamil Jaina Self: The Politics of Memory, Identity and Tamil Language -- 5. On Mapping the Layers of Community Histories: Some Concluding Remarks. Annexures. Bibliography. General Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a social history of the Tamil Jainas, a minority community living in Tamil Nadu in south India. It holds special significance in the method of studying the community, living in villages of Tamil Nadu and retrieving their perspectives on their past. This is a new approach in terms of historiography from extant works on Jainism in south India. A major feature of this book is the hitherto uncovered aspect of the question of language and identity, caste and the modern socio-political movements in Tamil Nadu, such as the Self-Respect Movement (initiated by ‘Periyar’), in which some Tamil Jainas were active participants. Special features in the book include photographs of the community and monuments, maps, and a unique style, which combines a journalistic approach and academic historical research. This book is of interest to readers of Tamil language and history, and to anyone working on the idea of politics of marginalisation of religious identities, ide as of memory, and community narratives of shared history in the face of religious persecution. .