Tantra, Ritual Performance, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala : Embodying the Goddess-clan /

Tantra, Ritual Performance, and Politics in Nepal and Kerala : Embodying the Goddess-clan /

In previous studies of South Asian Tantric ritual, scholars tend to focus on one region or context. For the first time, Tantra, Ritual Performance and Politics in Nepal and Kerala: Embodying the Goddess-clan offers a comparative approach to Tantric mediumship as observed in two locales: Navadurgā ri...

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Main Author: Martin, Matthew (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2021.

Series: Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419094.
Numen Book Series ; 166.

Subjects:

Durgā > (Hindu deity) > Cult > Nepal > Bhaktapur.
Durgā-pūjā (Hindu festival) > Nepal > Bhaktapur.
Mediums > Religious aspects > Shaktism.
Religion and politics > India > Kerala.
Religion and politics > Nepal > Bhaktapur.
Religious dance > India > Kerala.
Religious dance > Nepal > Bhaktapur.
Shaktism > Rituals.
Theyyam (Dance) > India > Kerala.

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Call Number: BL1282.255

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Style, Format, and Interview Transcriptions
  • Introduction: Methodology and Context
  • Case Studies
  • Introducing the Southern Case Study-Teyyāṭṭam, Northern Malabar, Kerala
  • Introducing the Northern Case Study-Navadurgā, Bhaktapur, Nepal
  • Themes
  • Dancer-Medium Communities and Ritual Kinship
  • History and Assimilation in Tantric Cosmology
  • Sacrifice, Earth Cycles, and Self-Reflexive Affect
  • Politics, Ritual Performance, and Caste
  • Conclusion
  • Back Matter
  • Glossary of Key Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.