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The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451695403321 |
Smith Frederick M
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed [[electronic resource] ] : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777401503321 |
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Smith Frederick M
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The self possessed : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith
| The self possessed : deity and spirit possession in South Asian literature and civilization / / Frederick M. Smith |
| Autore | Smith Frederick M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (732 p.) |
| Disciplina | 133.4/260954 |
| Soggetto topico |
Spirit possession - South Asia
Spirit possession in literature Sanskrit literature - History and criticism Tantrism - South Asia Spirit possession - Hinduism |
| ISBN |
1-283-00893-9
9786613008930 0-231-51065-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Orthodoxies, Madness, and Method -- 1. Academic and Brahmanical Orthodoxies -- Part II. Ethnography, Modernity, and the Languages of Possession -- 2. New and Inherited Paradigms -- 3. Possession, Trance Channeling, and Modernity -- 4. Notes on Regional Languages and Models of Possession -- Part III. Classical Literature -- 5. The Vedas and Upaniṣads -- 6. Friendly Acquisitions, Hostile Takeovers -- 7. Enlightenment and the Classical Culture of Possession -- 8. Vampires, Prostitutes, and Poets -- 9. Devotion as Possession -- Part IV. Worldly and Otherworldly Ruptures -- 10. Possession in Tantra -- 11. Tantra and the Diaspora of Childhood Possession -- 12. The Medicalization of Possession in Āyurveda and Tantra -- 13. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819751903321 |
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Smith Frederick M
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| New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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