ISBN:
9780511557934
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (x, 266 pages)
Series Statement:
Cambridge South Asian studies 27
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DDC:
294.5/09548
Keywords:
Politik
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Religion and state / India / Case studies
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Indien
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India / Religion / Case studies
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India / Politics and government / 1765-1947 / Case studies
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Abstract:
Although temples have been important in South Indian society and history, there have been few attempts to study them within an integrated anthropological framework. Professor Appadurai develops such a framework in this ethnohistorical case study, in which he interprets the politics of worship in the Sri Partasarati Svami Temple, a famous ancient Sri Vaisnava shrine in India. The author uses the methods and concepts of both cultural anthropology and social history to construct a model of institutional change in South Asia under colonial rule. Focusing on the problem of authority as a cultural concept and as a managerial reality, Professor Appadurai considers some classic problems of South Asian anthropology: problems of deference, sumptuary symbolism, and religious organization. In addition, he addresses such issues as the nature of conflict under a hybrid colonial legal system, the political implications of sumptuary disputes, and the structure of relations between polity and religion in pre-modern South Asia. These aspects of the study should interest a broad range of scholars
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DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511557934
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