03474nam 22005895 450 991025544960332120230810235703.081-322-3756-010.1007/978-81-322-3756-3(CKB)4100000001795258(DE-He213)978-81-322-3756-3(MiAaPQ)EBC5247443(EXLCZ)99410000000179525820180125d2017 u| 0engurnn|008mamaatxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReading History with the Tamil Jainas[electronic resource] A Study on Identity, Memory and Marginalisation /by R. Umamaheshwari1st ed. 2017.New Delhi :Springer India :Imprint: Springer,2017.1 online resource (XXX, 326 p. 106 illus., 58 illus. in color.) Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,2211-1115 ;2281-322-3755-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. On Reading History, and a Community -- 2. Jaina Studies: A Historical Overview -- 3. Recovery of Self? 3.Community Narratives, Inscriptional Records: A Chronicle of Journeys through Tamil Jaina Villages -- 4.‘Retrieving’, Seeking, the Tamil Jaina Self: The Politics of Memory, Identity and Tamil Language -- 5. On Mapping the Layers of Community Histories: Some Concluding Remarks. Annexures. Bibliography. General Index.This book provides a social history of the Tamil Jainas, a minority community living in Tamil Nadu in south India. It holds special significance in the method of studying the community, living in villages of Tamil Nadu and retrieving their perspectives on their past. This is a new approach in terms of historiography from extant works on Jainism in south India. A major feature of this book is the hitherto uncovered aspect of the question of language and identity, caste and the modern socio-political movements in Tamil Nadu, such as the Self-Respect Movement (initiated by ‘Periyar’), in which some Tamil Jainas were active participants. Special features in the book include photographs of the community and monuments, maps, and a unique style, which combines a journalistic approach and academic historical research. This book is of interest to readers of Tamil language and history, and to anyone working on the idea of politics of marginalisation of religious identities, ide as of memory, and community narratives of shared history in the face of religious persecution. .Sophia Studies in Cross-cultural Philosophy of Traditions and Cultures,2211-1115 ;22ReligionHistoryPhilosophy, ModernEthnologyAsiaCultureHistory of ReligionPhilosophical TraditionsAsian CultureReligionHistory.Philosophy, Modern.EthnologyCulture.History of Religion.Philosophical Traditions.Asian Culture.294.409Umamaheshwari Rauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1000353MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910255449603321Reading History with the Tamil Jainas2296076UNINA