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Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry
| Aghor medicine [[electronic resource] ] : pollution, death, and healing in northern India / / Ron Barrett ; foreword by Jonathan P. Parry |
| Autore | Barrett Ron <1963-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.4/6109542 |
| Soggetto topico |
Medical anthropology - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Aghorīs - Rituals Healing - Religious aspects - Aghorīs Leprosy - Treatment - India - Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
| Soggetto non controllato |
aghor medicine
aghor therapy aghori anthropology ayurveda biomedicines cannibalism charnel grounds conflict coprophagy corpses cremation grounds cremation death hardship healing powers healing health human skulls illness and health india kapalas living naked medical anthropology medical conditions meditation multicultural medicine northern india political organization politics pollution post mortem rites radical ritual bathing ritually polluted substances skull cups stigmatized diseases |
| ISBN |
1-281-38565-4
0-520-94101-2 9786611385651 1-4356-5368-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Note on Transliteration, Abbreviations, and Names -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Cosmic Sink -- 2. Fire in the Well -- 3. The Reformation -- 4. The Wrong Side of the River -- 5. Dawā and Duwā -- 6. Death and Nondiscrimination -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782162203321 |
Barrett Ron <1963->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 | ||
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The life of a text : performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas / / Philip Lutgendorf
| The life of a text : performing the Ramcaritmanas of Tulsidas / / Philip Lutgendorf |
| Autore | Lutgendorf Philip |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 p.) |
| Disciplina | 891/.4312 |
| Soggetto topico | Criticism, Textual |
| Soggetto non controllato |
adaptation
anthropology banaras community contemporary production cross cultural drama epic poetry epic folklore gods and goddesses hindi literature hinduism india indian literature katha meter multicultural narrative structure nonfiction northern india oral tradition performing arts ramayana ramcaritmanas ramlila recitation religion religious experience religious poetry religious tradition ritual sacred texts song theater tradition tulsidas world religions |
| ISBN |
1-282-35553-8
0-520-90934-8 9786612355530 0-585-13107-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustration -- Acknowledgments -- A Note on Transliteration -- 1. The Text and the Research Context -- 2. The Text in Recitation and Song -- 3. The Text Expounded: The Development of Mānas-Kathā -- 4. The Art of Mānas-Kathā -- 5. Words Made Flesh: The Text Enacted -- 6. The Text in a Changing Society -- Glossary of Names with Transliteration -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495859503321 |
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Lutgendorf Philip
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| Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [1991] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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