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Gods in the World : Placemaking and Healing in the Himalayas.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jassal, Aftab S.
- Series:
- Religion, Culture, and Public Life Series
- Religion, Culture, and Public Life Series ; v.52
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nagaraja (Hindu deity)--Cult--India--Garhwal (Region).
- Nagaraja.
- Spiritual healing.
- Religion and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Gods in the World is a richly descriptive and evocative ethnography of Hindu ritual practices that shows how deities and other supernatural agents come to matter to ordinary people.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Note on Transliteration
- Prelude: The Healing Room
- Introduction: Textures of Divine Presence
- 1. Making "Dev-bhumi," the Land of the Gods
- 2. Affliction and Healing
- 3. Political Divinities in the Village Square
- Illustrations
- 4. Undoing Love: Ghost Affliction and Patrilocal Marriage
- 5. Out of Place: Lives of Oracles and Priests
- 6. Playing in the Rain: Scenes from a Himalayan Pilgrimage
- Epilogue: Beyond Belief
- Indian-Language Words with Diacritics
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9780231560559
- 0231560559
- OCLC:
- 1456763293
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