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245 10 a| Tantra, ritual performance, and politics in Nepal and Keralah| [electronic resource] :b| embodying the Goddess-Clan /c| by Matthew Martin.;

260 a| Leiden ;a| Boston :b| Brill,c| [2020];

300 a| viii, 296 pages :b| color illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

490 0 a| Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions,x| 0169-8834 ;v| volume 166;

500 a| Revision of author's PhD dissertation.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages [274]-289) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction: Methodology and context -- Introducing the southern case study : Teyyāṭṭam, Northern Malabar, Kerala -- Introducing the northern case study : Navadurgā, Bhaktapur, Nepal -- Dancer-medium communities and ritual kinship -- History and assimilation in Tantric cosmology -- Sacrifice, earth cycles, and self-reflexive affect -- Politics, ritual performance, and caste.;

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Tantra, ritual performance, and politics in Nepal and Kerala embodying the Goddess-Clan / by Matthew Martin.

Author/creator	Martin, Matthew, 1991-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Description	viii, 296 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Durgā (Hindu deity)--Cult. --Nepal. --Bhaktapur. Shaktism--Rituals. Theyyam (Dance)--India. --Kerala. Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival)--Nepal. --Bhaktapur. Religious dance--India. --Kerala. Religious dance--Nepal. --Bhaktapur. Mediums--Religious aspects. --Shaktism. Religion and politics--India. --Kerala. Religion and politics--Nepal. --Bhaktapur.

Series	Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; volume 166
Contents	Introduction: Methodology and context -- Introducing the southern case study : Teyyāṭṭam, Northern Malabar, Kerala -- Introducing the northern case study : Navadurgā, Bhaktapur, Nepal -- Dancer-medium communities and ritual kinship -- History and assimilation in Tantric cosmology -- Sacrifice, earth cycles, and self-reflexive affect -- Politics, ritual performance, and caste.
Abstract	"In previous studies of South Asian Tantric ritual, scholars tend to focus on one region or context. For the first time, Ritual Performance, Folk Mediumship, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala offers a comparative approach to Tantric mediumship as observed in two locales: Navadurgā rituals in Bhaktapur, Nepal, and Teyyāṭṭam 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 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"-- Provided by publisher.
General note	Revision of author's PhD dissertation.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages [274]-289) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020029408
ISBN	9789004438996 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

Tantra, ritual performance, and politics in Nepal and Kerala embodying the Goddess-Clan / by Matthew Martin.

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