Text and context in the history, literature, and religion of Orissa / edited by Angelika Malinar, Johannes Beltz, Heiko Frese.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Malinar, Angelika.

Beltz, Johannes.

Frese, Heiko.

Series:

Studies in Orissan society, culture, and history ; v. 3.

Studies in Orissan society, culture, and history ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Odisha (India)--Civilization.

Odisha (India).

Physical Description:

xxix, 489 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New Delhi : Manohar, 2004.

Summary:

Contributed articles on culture of Orissa.

Contents:

Are cultures readable? reconsidering some questions of method / Dietrich Harth

The making of a local chronicle : the Raṇapur rājavaṃśa itihāsa / Hermann Kulke

Ranpur resolved : spatial analysis of a town in Orissa based on a chronicle / Niels Gutschow

Jaypur Parlakimedi Vizianaragaram : the southern gajapatis / Georg Berkemer

Anecdotes of history : reflections on contexts and (hi)stories / Heiko Frese

Devotion, poetry, and healing : exploring Bhīma Bhoi's stuticintāmaṇi / Johannes Beltz

Mantra-recitation as a religious institution: Śrī Kalpataru Sevā Āśrama in Bhubaneswar / Angelika Malinar

Creating performative texts : the introduction of Maṅgaḷā pūjā in Southern Orissa / Beatrix Hauser

"Facing the trial by fire every day" : text and performative context in South Orissa / Burkhard Schnepel

Entering the realm of Durgā : pāṭkhaṇḍā, a hinduized tribal deity / Cornelia Mallebrein

Imaging Orissa : archaeology, art history, and cultural identity / Kishor K. Basa

Gita-govinda traditions : a medieval debate and its impact on modern Oriya identity / Gaganendra Nath Dash

Appropriating Jagannātha : texts, and their contexts / Subhakanta Behera

Autobiographies of Oriya leaders : contributions to a cause / Barbara Lotz

Tribal society of highland Orissa, highland Burma, and elsewhere / Georg Pfeffer

Indology and the cultural turn / Axel Michaels.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

8173045666

OCLC:

60179662