Religion against the self : an ethnography of Tamil rituals

Author / Creator

Clark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956-2017, author

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Summary

This study, based on the author's fieldwork among rural Tamil villagers in South India, focuses on the ways in which people in this society interact with the supernatural beings who play such a lar...

This study, based on the author's fieldwork among rural Tamil villagers in South India, focuses on the ways in which people in this society interact with the supernatural beings who play such a large role in their personal and corporate lives. Isabelle Navokov looks at a spectrum of ritualized contexts in which the boundaries between the natural and spiritual worlds are penetrated and communication takes place. Throughout, Nabokov's meticulous analysis sheds new light on this hitherto almost unknown domain - and entire range of fascinating phenomena basic to South Indian religion as it is really lived.

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