Illustrations; 1. Introduction: Fieldwork among the Harijans; 2. God of Justice; 3. Landscape, Memory, and Ritual; 4. Oracles, Gurus, and Distributed Agency; 5. Rituals of Family Unity; 6. Families and Their Ghosts; 7. Sending the God Back; 8. Postscript: Ritual Healing and Modernity; Appendix; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
Summary
Based on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, this text offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-280) and index