Tantra, ritual performance, and politics in Nepal and Kerala : : embodying the goddess-clan / / Matthew Martin.
In previous studies of South Asian Tantric ritual, scholars tend to focus on one region or context. For the first time, Tantra, Ritual Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala: Embodying the Goddess-clan offers a comparative approach to Tantric mediumship as observed in two locales: Navadurgā ri...
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| Superior document: | Studies in the History of Religions ; Volume 166 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2020] ©2020 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies in the history of religions ;
Volume 166. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | Revision of author's PhD dissertation. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Style, Format, and Interview Transcriptions
- Introduction: Methodology and Context
- Case Studies
- Introducing the Southern Case Study-Teyyāṭṭam, Northern Malabar, Kerala
- Introducing the Northern Case Study-Navadurgā, Bhaktapur, Nepal
- Themes
- Dancer-Medium Communities and Ritual Kinship
- History and Assimilation in Tantric Cosmology
- Sacrifice, Earth Cycles, and Self-Reflexive Affect
- Politics, Ritual Performance, and Caste
- Conclusion
- Back Matter
- Glossary of Key Terms
- Bibliography
- Index.