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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462337103321

Titolo

Ritual matters : dynamic dimensions in practice / / editors, Christiane Brosius and Ute Husken

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-280-67331-1

9786613650245

1-136-51794-4

0-203-15172-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrosiusChristiane <1966->

HuskenUte

Disciplina

203.8

Soggetti

Ritual

Ritualism

Electronic books.

India Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Change and Stability of Rituals: An Introduction; Part I. Rituals on the Move; 1 Staging Ritual Heritage: How Rituals Become Theatre in Uttarakhand, India; 2 Initiation, 'Re-birth' and the Emergent Congregation: An Analysis of the Svadhyaya Movement in Western India; 3 Transferring and Re-transferring Religious Practice: ISKCON between 'East' and 'West'; 4 'Marginalised Islam': The Transfer of Rural Rituals into Urban and Pluralist Contexts and the Emergence of Transnational 'Communities of Practice'

5 Sunni Concepts of Ritual Purity in a Contemporary Diaspora Context6 Old Rituals for New Threats: Possession and Healing in the Cult of Śıtala; 7 Transfer of Ritual in a Local Tradition: Some Observations; Part II. Psychological Aspects of Ritual; 8 The Uses of Ritual; 9 Dynamic of Emotions and Dynamic of Rituals: Do Emotions Change Ritual Norms?; 10 Rituals of Possession; 11 Regarding Ritual Motivation Matters: Agency Concealed or Revealed; Part III. Ritual Economy Beyond the



Ritual Frame; 12 The Power of Ritual in Marriage: A Daughter's Wedding in North-west India

13 Ritual Economy and South Indian Ritual PracticePart IV. Media and Sensual Dimensions of Ritual Action; 14 Ritual Differs: Beyond Fixity and Flexibility in South Indian Hindu Ritual; 15 'Wedding Design' Online: Transfer and Transformation of Ritual Elements in the Context of Wedding Rituals; 16 Gender, Generation and the Public Sphere: Islamic Values and Literary Response; 17 On the Representation of Presence: The Narrative of Devnarayan as a Multimedia Performance; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Contributed articles.