God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas / / William S. Sax
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| Autore: |
Sax William Sturman <1957->
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| Titolo: |
God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas / / William S. Sax
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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (304 p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 294.5/5 |
| Soggetto topico: | Bhairava (Hindu deity) - Cult - India - Garhwal (Region) |
| Spiritual healing - Hinduism | |
| Social justice - Religious aspects - Hinduism | |
| Healing - India - Garhwal (Region) | |
| Hinduism - India - Garhwal (Region) - Rituals | |
| Nota di contenuto: | 1. Introduction: Fieldwork Among the Harijans; 2. God of Justice; 3. Landscape, Memory, and Ritual; 4. Oracles, Gurus, and Distributed Agency; 5. Rituals of Family Unity; 6. Families and their ghosts; 7. Sending the God Back; 8. Postscript: Ritual healing and modernity |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Based on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, this text offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | God of justice |
| ISBN: | 9786611980665 |
| 1-281-98066-8 | |
| 0-19-971467-3 | |
| 1-4356-9786-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910820030103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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