Ritual journeys in South Asia constellations and contestations of mobility and space / edited by J©ơrgen Schaflechner and Christoph Bergmann.
| Other author | Schaflechner, J©ơrgen, 1981- |
| Other author | Bergmann, Christoph, 1979- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020. |
| Description | pages cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge South Asian religion series ; 14 |
| Contents | In fear of the past: the pilgrimage to Badrinath in perspective / David J©ơrgen -- Journeying sovereignties: ritual travelling and networks of power in a West Himalayan kingdom / Lokesh Ohri -- Wandering god. How young Himalayans negotiate religion, caste identity and modernity / Karin M. Polit -- Places, rituals and past worlds: encounters on a pilgrimage in Tibet / Ann-Nike Schr©œder-- Ritual displacement as process of constructing and de-constructing boundaries in a Sufi pilgrimage of Pakistan / Michel Boivin -- To worship our 'boss' (the Buddha):" youth religiosity in a popular pilgrimage site in Sri Lanka / Premakumara de Silva -- Vailankanni Mata and Anglo-Indian Catholics: the (re-)making of a (post-colonial) saint and her unlikely pilgrim devotees / Robyn Andrews and Brent Howitt Otto -- Muslim-Marathi pilgrimage: the Sufi-shrine of Visalgadh / Deepra Dandekar -- Approaches to pilgrimage: reading some post-independence pilgrimage accounts in modern South Asian languages / Hans Harder. |
| Abstract | "This book focuses on the ritualized forms of mobility that constitute phenomena of pilgrimage in South Asia and establishes a new analytical framework for the study of ritual journeys. The book advances the conceptual scope of 'classical' Pilgrimage Studies and provides empirical depth through individual case studies. A key concern is the strategies of ritualization through which actors create, assemble and (re-)articulate certain modes of displacement to differentiate themselves from everyday forms of locomotion. Ritual journeys are understood as being both productive of and produced by South Asia's socio-economically uneven, politically charged and culturally variegated landscapes. From various disciplinary angles, each chapter explores how spaces and movements in space are continually created, contested and transformed through ritual journeys. By focusing on this co-production of space and mobility, the book delivers a conceptually driven and empirically grounded engagement with the diverse and changing traditions of ritual journeying in South Asia. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the book is a must-have reference work for academics interested in South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology and Human Geography with a focus on pilgrimage and the socio-spatial ideas and practices of ritualized movements in South Asia"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references., |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019021119 |
| ISBN | 9781138055001 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (adobe pdf) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (mobi) |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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