LEADER 03738nam 22005295 450 001 996524969103316 005 20230529101353.0 010 $a9783110458831 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110458831 035 $a(CKB)26620468600041 035 $a(DE-B1597)461076 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110458831 035 $a(NjHacI)9926620468600041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30509359 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30509359 035 $a(OCoLC)1380734210 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926620468600041 100 $a20230529h20232023 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSubaltern Sovereigns $eRituals of Rule and Regeneration in Highland Odisha, India /$fPeter Berger 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBerlin ;$aBoston : $cDe Gruyter, $d[2023] 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (VIII, 471 p.) 225 0 $aReligion and Society ,$x1437-5370 ;$v66 311 $a9783110458077 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tPreface -- $tContents -- $t1 Introduction: A Proverb and Its Protagonists, Their Rituals and the Region -- $tPart One: Kings, Subjects and Subaltern Sovereigns -- $t2 Some Pan-Indian Ideas about Kingship -- $t3 Indigenous Views on Kingship -- $t4 Kings and Tribes: History and Models of Their Relationships -- $tPart Two: Proverbial Performances -- $t5 Royal Rituals in Comparative Perspective: The King?s Dasara -- $t6 Rituals of Rice and Rebellion: The Ganga Festival of the Joria -- $t7 Of Millet and Mounds: The Nandi Festival of the Joria -- $t8 A Festival of ?Flowers:? The Bali Jatra of the Mali -- $t9 Transformations of the Dead: The Go?ter of the Gadaba -- $t10 Conclusion: Navigating Life -- $tAppendix 1: Glossary of local terms (including botanical names) -- $tAppendix 2: Myths -- $tAppendix 3: Nandi song (Nandi git) -- $tBibliography -- $tList of Tables -- $tList of Maps -- $tList of Photos -- $tIndex 330 $aThe vast and ancient topic of kingship in India has mostly been studied from the perspectives of rulers and other elites. But what constitutes sovereignty viewed from "below"? This book ? ethnographic and comparative in its essence ? deals with indigenous conceptualizations of sovereignty taking as its starting point a local proverb that connects the ritual (Dasara) of the king with festivals performed by his "tribal" subjects. The first part of the book initially introduces some pan-Indian ideas of kingship and proceeds to discuss indigenous notions of sovereignty as represented in rituals and myths in the region concerned (highland Odisha). The second part is devoted to the investigation of the proverbial performances. Mainly based on historical sources first the Dasara festival of the king is discussed, subsequently the indigenous rituals are described and analyzed, which the author ethnographically documented around the turn of the millennium. Ultimately, the proverb and the rituals constitute the idea of a sacrificial polity in which rulers and ruled share sovereignty in the sense that they are co-responsible for the flow of life. 410 0$aReligion and society (Hague, Netherlands) 606 $aRELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal$2bisacsh 610 $aAdivasis. 610 $aOdisha. 610 $aRitual. 610 $asovereignty. 615 7$aRELIGION / Ethnic & Tribal. 676 $a320.15 700 $aBerger$b Peter, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01082720 712 02$aUniversity of Groningen$4fnd$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fnd 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 912 $a996524969103316 996 $aSubaltern Sovereigns$93365552 997 $aUNISA