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Engaging South Asian religions : boundaries, appropriations, and resistances / edited by Matthew N. Schmalz and Peter Gottschalk.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- SUNY series in Hindu studies.
- SUNY series in Hindu studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hinduism.
- South Asia--Religion.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : SUNY Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Looks at Western understandings of South Asian religions and indigenous responses from pre-colonial to contemporary times.
- Contents:
- ""ENGAGING SOUTH ASIAN RELIGIONS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES""; ""INTRODUCTION: Engaging South Asian Religions""; ""Part One. BOUNDARIES""; ""1. A SCIENCE OF DEFINING BOUNDARIES: Classification, Categorization,and the Census of India""; ""2. THE REPETITION OF PAST IMPERIALISMS: Hegel, Historical Difference, and the Theorization of Indic Religions*""; ""3. BEYOND NATIONAL BORDERS AND RELIGIOUS BOUNDARIES: Muslim and Hindu Veneration of Bonbibi""; ""Part Two. APPROPRIATIONS""; ""4. BOUNDARIES AND APPROPRIATIONS IN NORTH INDIAN CHARISMATIC CATHOLICISM""
- ""5. THE CORPSE AND CULT OF FRANCIS XAVIER, 1552-1623""""6. SATI OR FEMALE SUPREMACY?Feminist Appropriations of Gotamiâ's Parinirvana""; ""Part Three. RESISTANCES""; ""7. RESISTING MY ATTACKERS; RESISTING MY DEFENDERS: Representing the Shivaji Narratives""; ""8. RESISTING ASSIMILATION: Encounters with a Small Islamic Section Contemporary Pakistan""; ""9. CLIMBING THROUGH PARADIGMS""; ""AFTERWORD AND RESPONSES""; ""AFTERWORD: Scandals, Scholars, Subjects""; ""RESPONSE 1: Historical Difference""; ""RESPONSE 2: Legend versus Myth""; ""RESPONSE 3: Staying With and Thinking Through""
- ""CONTRIBUTORS""""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""n""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781438433257
- 1438433255
- 9781441695413
- 1441695419
- OCLC:
- 729247040
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