Religion, devotion and medicine in north India : the healing power of Śītalā / / Fabrizio M. Ferrari

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511356603321
• Autore: Ferrari Fabrizio M.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Bloomsbury Academic, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-4411-6380-8; 1-4725-9456-8; 1-4725-9871-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.5/2114
• Soggetti: Hinduism - India, North - Rituals; Śītalā (Hindu deity) - Cult - India, North; Electronic books.
• 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: Acknowledgements -- Note on transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Months in North India -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Śītalā, the Cold Mother -- Chapter 2. Visions of the goddess : The iconography of Śītalā -- Chapter 3. Hosting Mā, feeding Mā. Controversies around Śītalāpūjā -- Chapter 4. The Smallpox Myth and the Creation of the Goddess of Smallpox -- Chapter 5. The Legacy of Śītalā -- Concluding Reflections -- Appendix A. Śrīśītalāsaptamīvratakathā (ŚVK 9-14)pp. 175-178 -- Appendix B. Śrīśītalāsaptamīvrata of Skandapurāṇa (VR 310-311) -- Appendix C. Śītalāsaptamīvratakathā of Bhaviṣyapurāṇa (VR 310-313) -- Appendix D. Śītalāpūjāpaddhati of Picchilātantra -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This volume examines notions of health and illness in North Indian devotional culture, with particular attention paid to the worship of the goddess Sitala, the Cold Lady. Consistently portrayed in colonial and postcolonial literature as the ambiguous 'smallpox goddess', Sitala is here discussed as a protector of children and women, a portrayal that emerges from textual sources as well as material culture. The eradication of smallpox did not pose a threat to Sitala and her worship. She continues to be an extremely popular goddess. Religion, Devotion ; and Medicine in North India critically examines the rise and affirmation of the 'smallpox myth' in India and beyond, and explains how Indian narratives, ritual texts and devotional songs have celebrated Sitala as a loving mother who protects her children from the effects, and the fear, of poxes, fevers and infantile disorders but also all sorts of new threats (such as global pandemics, addictions and environmental catastrophes). The book explores a wide range of ritual and devotional practices, including scheduled festivals, songs, vows, pageants, austerities, possession, animal sacrifices and various forms of offering. Built on extensive fieldwork and a close textual analysis of sources in Sanskrit and vernacular languages (Hindi, Bhojpuri and Bengali) as well as on a rich bibliography on the struggle against smallpox in colonial and post-colonial India, the book reflects on the ambiguous nature of Sitala as a phenomenon largely dependent on the enduring fascination with the exotic, and the horrific, that has pervaded public renditions of Indian culture in indigenous fiction, colonial reports, medical literature and now global culture. To aid study, the volume includes images, web links, appendixes and a filmography."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

La lotta contro insetti dannosi : sedici anni di vita e funzionamento del consorzio di Varese 1919-1935 / Ettore Roncoroni

• Record Nr.: UNINA990002056910403321
• Autore: Roncoroni, Ettore
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Varese, : Consorzio Obbligatorio Provinciale, 1935
• Descrizione fisica: 263 p. ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 595.7
• Locazione: DAGEN; FAGBC
• Collocazione: 61 IX A.4/63; A AGR 1432
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia

Australian Imperialism : The Geopolitical State / / by Erik Paul

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910483819603321
• Autore: Paul E. C (Erik Charles), <1937->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2021
• ISBN: 9789811619168; 9811619166
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2021.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 pages)
• Collana: Palgrave Pivot
• Disciplina: 327.94
• Soggetti: International economic relations; Imperialism; Australasia; History; International Political Economy'; Imperialism and Colonialism; Australian History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Chapter 1. The State of Exception -- Chapter 2. Australian Imperialism -- Chapter 3. Human Nature, Global War and Justice.
• Sommario/riassunto: In his critical study of Australian imperialism, Erik Paul analyses the making, character and contours of the geopolitical state from the time of the British invasion and colonisation to the present, expanding the country's continental political and economic power. War is the crucible for its hegemonic power, nationalism, and politics. The book exposes and dissects capitalist imperialism to control and manage a growing population and to impose the grand strategy of a US client state. The geopolitics in the partitioning of the earth and the exploitation of people and the biosphere continue to create major conflict, inequality, and human suffering. Australia plays an important role in the intensification of the struggle among major powers and in the outcome of an expanding global ecological and hegemonic crisis. But the existing Australian state of exception constitutes a major obstacle to a reconciliation with China and to a peaceful regional and world order. ; Erik Paul(MA Minn; PhD UC Berkeley) is with the Department of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on Australia's relations with the Asia-Pacific region and issues of regional and world peace. His latest book is Australia in the Expanding Global Crisis (2020).