Camphor Flame Popular Hinduism and Society in India - Revised and Expanded Edition

Name: Camphor Flame Popular Hinduism and Society in India - Revised and Expanded Edition
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ISBN: 9780691120485

ISBN-10: 069112048X

ISBN-13: 9780691120485

Edition: 2004 (Revised)

Authors: C. J. Fuller

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Popular Hinduism is shaped, above all, by worship of a multitude of powerful divine beings--a superabundance indicated by the proverbial total of 330 million gods and goddesses. The fluid relationship between these beings and humans is a central theme of this rich and accessible study of popular Hinduism in the context of the society of contemporary India. Lucidly organized and skillfully written,The Camphor Flamebrings clarity to an immensely complicated subject. C. J. Fuller combines ethnographic case studies with comparative anthropological analysis and draws on textual and historical scholarship as well. The book's new afterword brings the study up-to-date by examining the relationship…

Book details

List price: $48.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 8/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.37" long x 0.99" tall
Weight: 1.276



List of Maps and Tables


Preface to the Revised and Expanded Edition


Preface


Note on Transliteration


Note on Documentation



Popular Hinduism and Indian Society



Gods and Goddesses



Worship



Sacrifice



Rituals of Kingship



Rituals of the Village



Devotionalist Movements



Devotionalism, Goddesses, and Women



Pilgrimage



Misfortune



Conclusion


Afterword: Popular Hinduism and Hindu Nationalism



The Hindu Calendar


Glossary


Bibliographical Guide


Bibliography


Index