01095nam a22002531i 450099100146853970753620031113173004.0040407s1972 it |||||||||||||||||ita b12774923-39ule_instARCHE-075455ExLDip.to Scienze StoricheitaA.t.i. Arché s.c.r.l. Pandora Sicilia s.r.l.945Sansi, Achille180000Saggio di documenti storici tratti dall'Archivio del Comune di Spoleto e pubblicati per cura di Achille SansiPerugia :Volumnia,1972103 p. ;24 cmRipr. facs. dell'ed.: Fuligno : Tip. di Feliciano Campitelli, 1861.ItaliaStoria.b1277492302-04-1416-04-04991001468539707536LE009 STOR.18-1012009000203471le009-E0.00-l- 00000.i1331806816-04-04Saggio di documenti storici tratti dall'Archivio del Comune di Spoleto e pubblicati per cura di Achille Sansi295426UNISALENTOle00916-04-04ma -itait 0102428oam 2200313z- 450 991013602840332120170925190106.00-19-932511-1(CKB)3710000000908545(BIP)054271367(EXLCZ)99371000000090854520161219c2016uuuu -u- -engTales of Justice and Rituals of Divine EmbodimentOxford University Press1 online resource (304 p.) ill0-19-932510-3 Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Central Himalayan region of Kumaon, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment from the Central Himalayas explores ideas of justice by drawing on oral and written narratives, stories, testimonies, and rituals told and performedin relation to the 'God of Justice', Goludev, and other regional deities. The book seeks to answer several questions: How is the concept of justice defined in South Asia? Why do devotees seek out Goludev for the resolution of matters of justice instead of using the secular courts? What are thesociological and political consequences of situating divine justice--which is achieved not only through written petitions handed to the deity but also through practices of ritual embodiment or spirit possession--within a secular, democratic, modern context?The stories and narratives in this book revolve around Goludev's own story and deeds, as well as hundreds of petitions (manauti) written on paper that devotees hang on his temple walls. The rituals (jagar) involve spirit possession and the embodiment of the deity through designated mediums. Theseintensely powerful and mesmerizing rituals demonstrate how being human is associated with the seemingly limitless potential to shift, alter, and transform our selves through language and ritual practice. The petitions, though silent and devoid of the penetrating singing, drumming, and choreographythat accompany jagars, connect the concept of justice to the aspirations, breakdowns, struggles and breakthroughs that circumscribe human existence.JusticeIndiaLawReligionSocial science294.5095451Malik Aditya1243966BOOK9910136028403321Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment3593818UNINA