Sacred groves and local gods : religion and environmentalism in South India / Eliza F. Kent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kent, Eliza F., 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacred groves--India--Tamil Nadu.

Sacred groves.

Forest conservation--Social aspects--India--Tamil Nadu.

Forest conservation.

Tamil Nadu (India)--Religious life and customs.

Tamil Nadu (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Regional Map of South India; Introduction: Sacred Groves and Local Gods: Religious Environmentalism in South India; 1. Fierce Gods and Dense Forest: Sacred Groves near Madurai; 2. A Road Runs Through It: Changing Meanings in Malaiyali Sacred Groves in Tiruvannamalai District; 3. Mixing Botany and Belief: Guardian Deities and Their Forests in the Pondicherry Region; 4. Soteriology and Stakeholders: The Greening of the Auroville Plateau, 1973-2007; 5. Sacrifice and Sacrality: Sacred Grove Restoration Projects near Chennai; Afterword

NotesBibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on Apr. 5, 2013).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-221) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-989548-1

0-19-989547-3

OCLC:

843880752