| Description |
x, 266 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Cambridge South Asian studies ; 27 |
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Cambridge South Asian studies ; 27
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. The South Indian temple: cultural model and historical problem; 2. Kings, sects, and temples: South Indian Sri Vaisnavism, 1350-1700; 3. British rule and temple politics, 1700?1826; 4. From bureaucracy to judiciary, 1826?1878; 5. Litigation and the politics of sectarian control, 1878?1925; 6. Rethinking the present: some contextual implications |
| Summary |
"Although temples have been important in South Indian society and history, there have been few attempts to study them within an integrated anthropological framework. Professor Appadurai develops such a framework in this ethnohistorical case study, in which he interprets the politics of worship in the Sri Partasarati Svami Temple, a famous ancient Sri Vaisnava shrine in India. The author uses the methods and concepts of both cultural anthropology and social history to construct a model of institutional change in South Asia under colonial rule. Focusing on the problem of authority as a cultural concept and as a managerial reality, Professor Appadurai considers some classic problems of South Asian anthropology: problems of deference, sumptuary symbolism, and religious organization. In addition, he addresses such issues as the nature of conflict under a hybrid colonial legal system, the political implications of sumptuary disputes, and the structure of relations between polity and religion in pre-modern South Asia. These aspects of the study should interest a broad range of scholars.'--Publisher |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 247-255 |
| Subject |
Religion and state -- India -- Case studies.
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| SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 1765-1947 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064939 -- Case studies. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016001578
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India -- Religion http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064947 -- Case studies.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2016001578
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| LC no. |
80024508 |
| ISBN |
0521231221 |
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