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Record Nr.

UNISA996247978203316

Autore

Waghorne Joanne Punzo

Titolo

Diaspora of the gods [[electronic resource] ] : modern Hindu temples in an urban middle-class world / / Joanne Punzo Wahorne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-028885-X

0-19-515664-1

0-19-803557-8

1-4237-6296-7

9786610560202

1-280-56020-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Disciplina

294.5/35/09049

Soggetti

Hindu temples - India - Madras

Hinduism - Economic aspects

Middle class - Religious life

Globalization - Religious aspects - Hinduism

Hindus - England - London

Hindus - Washington (D.C.)

Hindu diaspora

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 (p. [265]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Note on the Transliteration of a Layered Language; Introduction: New Houses for the Gods in an Urban World; 1. Hindu Temples in the New World System, 1640-1800; 2. Mylapore: The Recovery of "Ancient" Temples in an Inner-City Neighborhood; 3. The Gentrification of the Goddess; 4. Portable Stone: Murugan, Amman, and Globalized Localism; Conclusion/s: Making Space for God/s in an Urban World; Notes; Glossary; A; B; D; G; J; K; I; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

From Madras to London, urban middle-class Hindus invest earnings,



often derived from the global economy, into the construction or renovation of temples. In both conversation and contention with current theory, this book highlights the Gods, their shrines, and the middle-class people who re-establish them.