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Author Schaflechner, Jürgen

Title Ritual Journeys in South Asia : Constellations and Contestations of Mobility and Space
Published Milton : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Series Routledge South Asian Religion Ser
Routledge South Asian Religion Ser
Summary This book focuses on the ritualized forms of mobility that constitute phenomena of pilgrimage in South Asia and establishes a new analytical framework for the study of ritual journeys. The book advances the conceptual scope of classical' Pilgrimage Studies and provides empirical depth through individual case studies. A key concern is the strategies of ritualization through which actors create, assemble and (re- )articulate certain modes of displacement to differentiate themselves from everyday forms of locomotion. Ritual journeys are understood as being both productive of and produced by South Asia's socio-economically uneven, politically charged and culturally variegated landscapes. From various disciplinary angles, each chapter explores how spaces and movements in space are continually created, contested and transformed through ritual journeys. By focusing on this co-production of space and mobility, the book delivers a conceptually driven and empirically grounded engagement with the diverse and changing traditions of ritual journeying in South Asia. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the book is a must-have reference work for academics interested in South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Anthropology and Human Geography with a focus on pilgrimage and the socio-spatial ideas and practices of ritualized movements in South Asia
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Notes Print version record
Subject Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- South Asia
Ritual -- Social aspects -- South Asia
Movement (Philosophy)
Movement (Philosophy)
Pilgrims and pilgrimages
SUBJECT South Asia -- Religious life and customs
Subject South Asia
Form Electronic book
Author Bergmann, Christoph
ISBN 9781351679510
1351679511
9781351679503
1351679503
1315166275
9781315166278