Divine Hierarchy Popular Hinduism in Central India

Name: Divine Hierarchy Popular Hinduism in Central India
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ISBN: 9780231083874

ISBN-10: 0231083874

ISBN-13: 9780231083874

Edition: 1975

Authors: Lawrence Babb

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No Return Address is a vivid memoir of a life in exile and a poignant meditation on pleasure and loss, repression and transgression, and the complexities of love under harsh human conditions. In recounting her life's journey from Romania to Paris and Brussels, then on to the United States, Anca Vlasopolos writes movingly of the peculiar attributes of displacement in the contemporary world -- the hyphenated, ambiguous identities; the purgatory in which immigrants await transfer to another country; the mysterious nostalgia for places and events dimly recalled. Throughout, she describes the constant search for a place to truly call home.Vlasopolos renders a clear and loving portrait of her…

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 1975
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 11/3/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 266
Size: 0.61" wide x 0.90" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.902



Preface to the Paperback Edition


Preface


Introduction



The Ethnographic Setting



The Foods of the Gods: Puja



Rites of the Life Cycle


Conclusion



Days and Weeks


Conclusion



Months and Years


Conclusion



Brahman and Baiga



Divine Hierarchy: the Pantheon


Glossary


References


Index