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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812243903321

Titolo

Engaging South Asian religions : boundaries, appropriations, and resistances / / edited by Matthew N. Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : SUNY Press, c2011

ISBN

1-4384-3325-5

1-4416-9541-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Hindu studies

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmalzMathew N. <1964->

GottschalkPeter <1963->

Disciplina

200.954

Soggetti

Hinduism

South Asia Religion

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

""ENGAGING SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES""; ""INTRODUCTION: Engaging South Asian Religions""; ""Part One. BOUNDARIES""; ""1. A SCIENCE OF DEFINING BOUNDARIES: Classification, Categorization,and the Census of India""; ""2. THE REPETITION OF PAST IMPERIALISMS: Hegel, Historical Difference, and the Theorization of Indic Religions*""; ""3. BEYOND NATIONAL BORDERS AND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES: Muslim and Hindu Veneration of Bonbibi""; ""Part Two. APPROPRIATIONS""; ""4. BOUNDARIES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN NORTH INDIAN CHARISMATIC CATHOLICISM""

""5. THE CORPSE AND CULT OF FRANCIS XAVIER, 1552-1623""""6. SATI OR FEMALE SUPREMACY?Feminist Appropriations of Gotamià‚'s Parinirvana""; ""Part Three. RESISTANCES""; ""7. RESISTING MY ATTACKERS; RESISTING MY DEFENDERS: Representing the Shivaji Narratives""; ""8. RESISTING ASSIMILATION: Encounters with a Small Islamic Section Contemporary Pakistan""; ""9. CLIMBING THROUGH PARADIGMS""; ""AFTERWORD AND RESPONSES""; ""AFTERWORD: Scandals, Scholars, Subjects""; ""RESPONSE 1: Historical Difference""; ""RESPONSE 2: Legend versus Myth""; ""RESPONSE 3: Staying With and Thinking Through""

""CONTRIBUTORS""""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""n""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T"";



""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Looks at Western understandings of South Asian religions and indigenous responses from pre-colonial to contemporary times.