Performative politics and the cultures of Hinduism: public uses of religion in western India

By:

Kaur, Raminder

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New Delhi Permanent Black 2003Description: xix, 306p., hbISBN:

9788178240473

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

294.5 KAU

Summary: 'Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism' focuses on one of the major festivals of western India, the Ganapati Utsava, dedicated to the elephant-headed god. Raminder Kaur uses this occasion as the central anthropological and historiographical site within which to examine the dynamic relationship between spectacle, religion and nationalist politics.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Gratis Resources	Plaksha University Library	Religion	294.5 KAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		G000221

'Performative Politics and the Cultures of Hinduism' focuses on one of the major festivals of western India, the Ganapati Utsava, dedicated to the elephant-headed god. Raminder Kaur uses this occasion as the central anthropological and historiographical site within which to examine the dynamic relationship between spectacle, religion and nationalist politics.

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