Ritual Journeys in South Asia
Constellations and Contestations of Mobility and Space
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 char…
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Weitere Autoren: Schaflechner, Jürgen (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-351-67950-3
- EAN: 9781351679503
- Produktnummer: 32331807
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 248 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 8'360 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 11 schwarz-weiße Fotos, 3 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 1 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Christoph Bergmann is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.Jürgen Schaflechner is an assistant professor in the Department of Modern South Asian Languages and Literatures, South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
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