The ethnography of Tantra : textures and contexts of living Tantric traditions / edited by Carola Erika Lorea and Rohit Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lorea, Carola Erika, 1987- editor.

Rohit Singh, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tantric Buddhism.

Tantrism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, [2023]

Summary:

Presents Tantra from an ethnographic vantage point, through a series of case studies grounded in diverse settings across contemporary Asia.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Rethinking Tantra through Ethnography

On Materiality and Mediation: Lived Practices of Texts, Objects, and Media

An Ethnography of Tantra in the Western Himalayas

Observing Participation, Transgressing Hermeneutics

The Conch as a Tantric Artefact

WhatsApp Bagalāmukhī!

Embodiment, Identity, and Experience: Conversations with Tantric Livelihoods

Folk Tantra and Healing

Songs for Siddhi

Serving the Divine Element in Humans

Institutions and Individuals in the Making of Tantric Traditions: To Be or Become Tantric

The Cremation Ground, the Battlefield, and the Path of Compassion

The Spectrum of Eclecticism and Conservatism within Kerala's Tantric Traditions

Tantric Lives in Bengal and Bali

Afterword

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lorea, Carola Erika The Ethnography of Tantra

ISBN:

9781438494852

1438494858

OCLC:

1407313713