Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the Politics of Dignity in a South Indian Village
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| Rating | : | 4.48 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0253217652 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Mines is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Appalachian State University and co-editor of Everyday Life in South Asia (IUP, 2002).. Diane P
" An engaging text that is accessible to scholars at all levels." Religious Studies Review
Five Stars great book!
Mines focuses not only on the temples of the socially powerful, but even more so on the powerful temples of the socially weak. These points are made with an extraordinary richness of ethnographic detail." Sara Dickey"With the publication of books of this quality the anthropological turn to practice theory announced in 1968 by Sherry Ortner comes to maturity. In this vivid and compelling study of caste and ritual in rural Tamilnadu, Diane P. Intelligent, clear, humane and often gripping, this book will