Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule: A South Indian Case (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 27)
ISBN-13:
9780521231220
ISBN-10:
0521231221
Author:
Arjun Appadurai
Publication date:
1981
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
288 pages
Category:
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Anthropology
,
Behavioral Sciences
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Edition: First Edition; Very Good/Very Good; First Edition, 1981. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket, from a personal collection (NOT ex-library). Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; boards and text also very good. Interior appears free of markings. Previous owners embossed seal on front endpaper. Shelfwear is very minor. Unclipped dust jacket has light shelfwear/edgewear, and arrives protected in new Mylar wraps. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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ISBN-13:
9780521231220
ISBN-10:
0521231221
Author:
Arjun Appadurai
Publication date:
1981
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Format:
Hardcover
288 pages
Category:
Cultural
,
Anthropology
,
Anthropology
,
Behavioral Sciences
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Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule: A South Indian Case (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 27) (ISBN-13: 9780521231220 and ISBN-10: 0521231221), written by authors
Arjun Appadurai, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1981.
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Although temples have been important in South Indian society and history, there have been few attempts to study them within an integrated anthropological framework. Professor Appadurai develops such a framework in this ethnohistorical case study, in which he interprets the politics of worship in the Sri Partasarati Svami Temple, a famous ancient Sri Vaisnava shrine in India. The author uses the methods and concepts of both cultural anthropology and social history to construct a model of institutional change in South Asia under colonial rule. Focusing on the problem of authority as a cultural concept and as a managerial reality, Professor Appadurai considers some classic problems of South Asian anthropology: problems of deference, sumptuary symbolism, and religious organization. In addition, he addresses such issues as the nature of conflict under a hybrid colonial legal system, the political implications of sumptuary disputes, and the structure of relations between polity and religion in pre-modern South Asia. These aspects of the study should interest a broad range of scholars.
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