Shared idioms, sacred symbols, and the articulation of identities in South Asia / edited by Kelly Pemberton & Michael Nijhawan.

Other author Pemberton, Kelly.
Other author Nijhawan, Michael.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge, 2009.
Descriptionvi, 253 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Group identity--South Asia.
Symbolism--South Asia.
Political culture--South Asia.
South Asia--Civilization.

SeriesRoutledge studies in religion ; 11
Routledge studies in religion 11. ^A529611
Contents A house overturned : a classical Urdu lament in Braj bhasha / Amy Bard and Valerie Ritter -- The politics of non-duality : unraveling the hermeneutics of modern Sikh theology / Arvind Mandair -- Who are the Velalas? : twentieth-century constructions and contestations of Tamil identity in Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950) / Srilata Raman -- Can a Muslim be an Indian and not a traitor or terrorist? / Huma Dar -- Variants of cultural nationalism in Pakistan : a reading of Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Jamil Jalibi, and Fahmida Riaz / Amina Yaqin -- Ambivalent encounters : the making of dhadi as a Sikh performative practice / Michael Nijhawan -- Ritual, reform, and economies of meaning at a South Asian Sufi shrine / Kelly Pemberton -- Gendered ritual and the shaping of Shiʻah identity / Diane D'Souza -- History, memory, and other matters of life and death / Christian Lee Novetzke.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and indexes.
LCCN 2008028826
ISBN9780415958288 (hbk.)
ISBN9780203885369 (ebk.)
ISBN0415958288 (hbk.)
ISBN0203885368 (ebk.)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HM1753 .S53 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold