Arjun Appadurai, Appadurai Arjun

Worship and Conflict Under Colonial Rule

A South Indian Case

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Produktbeschreibung

This study interprets the politics of worship in the Sri Partasarati Svami Temple, a famous ancient Sri Vaisnava shrine in India.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9780521053587
• ISBN-10: 0521053587
• Artikelnr.: 23328138

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Note on transliteration
Introduction
1. The South Indian temple: cultural model and historical problem
2. Kings, sects, and temples: South Indian Sri Vaisnavism, 1350-1700
3. British rule and temple politics, 1700-1826
4. From bureaucracy to judiciary, 1826-1878
5. Litigation and the politics of sectarian control, 1878-1925
6. Rethinking the present: some contextual implications
Appendices
Bibliography
Index.