Religion Against the Self
An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
Edición de la obra Religion against the self
| Autor | Isabelle Nabokov |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press, Incorporated |
| Fecha de publicación | 2000 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| ISBN-13 | 9780198027355 |
| Número de Cutter | N117r |
In this comprehensive analysis of South Indian village Hinduism, Isabelle Nabokov shows that a wide spectrum of Tamil rituals effects transformations of identity through similar processual and symbolic operations. She reveals that such operations may lead participants to adopt personalities which are at odds with themselves.