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Book Title
Tantra, Ritual Performance, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala : Em
ISBN
9789004438996

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Brill
ISBN-10
9004438998
ISBN-13
9789004438996
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10050397952

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
Xii, 296 Pages
Publication Name
Tantra, Ritual Performance, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala : Embodying the Goddess-Clan
Language
English
Subject
Devotional, General, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Author
Matthew Martin
Subject Area
Religion, Social Science
Series
Numen Book Ser.
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight
20.6 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.1 in

Additional Product Features

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Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2020-029408
Series Volume Number
166
Illustrated
Yes
Table Of Content
Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Style, Format, and Interview Transcriptions Introduction: Methodology and Context 1 Folk sakta Performances: Sovereignty, Goddesses, and Macro-Clans 2 Teyyaam and Navadurga Compared: The Research Process 3 Methodological Orientations 4 Fieldwork Locations & Informant Introductions 5 Contextual Background Part 1 1 Introducing the Southern Case Study--Teyyaam, Northern Malabar, Kerala 1 Ancestors, Land, and Divinities ( Teyyam ) in Northern Kerala 2 Lineages, Clans, and Ritual Kinship 3 Blood Sacrifices, Offerings, and Swords 4 Cosmology, Metaphysics, and Textual History 5 Caste Identities, Politics, and Performance in North Malabar 2 Introducing the Northern Case Study--Navadurga, Bhaktapur, Nepal 1 Hindu-Buddhist Tantra in Newar Society: The Case of Bhaktapur 2 Bhaktapur City: Blood Symbols, Goddess-Clan, Space, and Society 3 Monsoon, Power, and the Goddess-Clan: Banmala Dancer-Mediums during the Ritual Cycle 4 Blood Sacrifice, Mohani, and the Navadurga Cycle 5 Cosmology, Tantric Texts, and Newar Hinduism in Bhaktapur 6 Politics and Caste Structures in Bhaktapur Part 2 3 Dancer-Medium Communities and Ritual Kinship 1 Introduction 2 Dancer-Medium Communities: Teyyaam and Navadurga 3 Teyyaam 4 Navadurga 5 Conclusion 4 History and Assimilation in Tantric Cosmology 1 Introduction 2 Teyyaam 3 Navadurga 4 Conclusion 5 Sacrifice, Earth Cycles, and Self-Reflexive Affect 1 Introduction 2 Teyyaam 3 Navadurga 4 Conclusion 6 Politics, Ritual Performance, and Caste 1 Introduction 2 Marxist-Influenced Politics and Ritual Performance in Postcolonial South Asia 3 Teyyaam 4 Navadurga 5 Conclusion Conclusion 1 Teyyaam and Navadurga Compared: Revisited 2 Dancer-Medium Communities and Ritual Kinship 3 History and Metaphysical Underlays of Folk sakta Ritual 4 Blood Sacrifice and Self-Reflexive Affect 5 Politics and Caste Structure Glossary of Key Terms Bibliography Index
Synopsis
For the first time, Tantra, Ritual Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala offers a comparative approach to Tantric mediumship as observed in two locales: Navadurga rituals in Bhaktapur, Nepal, and Teyyaam in North Kerala., 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: Navadurga rituals in Bhaktapur, Nepal, and Teyyaam in North Kerala. In this book, Matthew Martin advances a new theory of ritual, which spotlights the way dancer-mediums embody medieval goddess-clans and ancestor deities, through offerings of food and sacrifice, that synchronize their denizens with the land in spiralling web-like ritual networks. Uniquely interdisciplinary in style, this study synthesizes cultural history, ethnography, and theory to explore the continuities - historical, societal, and political - that characterize these ritual traditions across the subcontinent.
LC Classification Number
BL1282.255.M37 2020

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