Religion Against the Self : An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- ONE: Painful Crossings -- TWO: Fruit from the Goddess -- THREE: In the Grip of Blindness -- FOUR: Last Rites for Commanding Relationships -- FIVE: Of Women and Demons -- SIX: The Decapitation of Young Brides -- SEVEN: Learning to Live with a Split Self -- EIGHT: Fruit from the Dead -- NINE: The Recapitation of Young Grooms -- TEN: When Parents are Unsuitable Brides -- ELEVEN: From Feast to Self-Sacrifice -- TWELVE: Beyond Process and Separation -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W.

This study, based on the author's fieldwork among rural Tamil villagers in South India, focuses on the ways in which people in this society interact with the supernatural beings who play such a large role in their personal and corpoate lives. Isabelle Navokov looks at a spectrum of ritualized contexts in which the boundaries between the natural and spiritual worls are penetrated and communication takes place. Throughout, Nabokov's meticulous analysis sheds new light on this hiterto almost unknown domain - and entire range of fascinating phenomena basic to South Indian religion as it is really lived.

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