Religion Against the Self: An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
by Nabokov, Isabelle
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Minor rubbing. A 2cm crack to front exterior hinge. VG.
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About This Item
Minor rubbing. A 2cm crack to front exterior hinge. VG. Anthropology of Religion Oxford University Press New York 2000 orig.boards 24x15cm, xi,230 pp. "This book provides a holistic description of Hinduism, showing how different types of Hinduism form a 'total' or systematic cosmology and repeat crucial values through different symbols. Looking at Tamil religious practices, Isabelle Nabokov reveals that Tamil religion is primarily concerned with transformations of identity and subjectivity, both in this world and in the hereafter" - Publisher's description.
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- Bookseller
- Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark (DK)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS015703I
- Title
- Religion Against the Self: An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
- Author
- Nabokov, Isabelle
- Book Condition
- Used - Minor rubbing. A 2cm crack to front exterior hinge. VG.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Tamil Nadu Hindu Hinduism Tamils Hindus Spirit Possession Ethnology Ethnography India South Asia Ritual Rituals
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