Leilah Vevaina explores how the Parsi charitable trusts in Mumbai shape and constrain the life and death of the Parsi community and the city as a whole.
Leilah Vevaina explores how the Parsi charitable trusts in Mumbai shape and constrain the life and death of the Parsi community and the city as a whole.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Leilah Vevaina is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Inheritances 1 1. In Perpetuity: The Trust and Timely Obligations 27 2. Presents and Futures: The Trust and Obligation’s Asymmetries 52 3. No House, No Spouse: The Bombay Parsi Punchayet 75 4. The Beneficiary, the Law, and Sacred Space 105 5. From Excarnation to Ashes: Trust to Trust 128 6. Awakening the “Dead Hand”: Liquid and Solid Properties 146 Conclusion: An Unsettled (E)state 167 Notes 175 References 185 Index 201
Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Inheritances 1 1. In Perpetuity: The Trust and Timely Obligations 27 2. Presents and Futures: The Trust and Obligation’s Asymmetries 52 3. No House, No Spouse: The Bombay Parsi Punchayet 75 4. The Beneficiary, the Law, and Sacred Space 105 5. From Excarnation to Ashes: Trust to Trust 128 6. Awakening the “Dead Hand”: Liquid and Solid Properties 146 Conclusion: An Unsettled (E)state 167 Notes 175 References 185 Index 201
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