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Shared idioms, sacred symbols, and the articulation of identities in South Asia / edited by Kelly Pemberton & Michael Nijhawan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Routledge studies in religion ; 11.Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2009.Description: vi, 253 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415958288 (hbk.)
  • 9780203885369 (ebk.)
  • 0415958288 (hbk.)
  • 0203885368 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.0954 22
LOC classification:
  • HM1753 .S53 2009
Contents:
Introduction: Towards an Integrative Hermeneutics in the Study of Identity / Kelly Pemberton and Michael Nijhawan -- Pt. I. Landscapes of Translation: Linguistics, History, and Culture in Focus -- 1. A House Overturned: A Classical Urdu Lament in Braj Bhasha / Amy Bard and Valerie Ritter -- 2. The Politics of Non-Duality: Unravelling the Hermeneutics of Modern Sikh Theology / Arvind Mandair -- 3. Who are the Vellalas? 20th Century Constructions and Contestations of Tamil Identity in Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950) / Srilata Raman -- 4. Can a Muslim be an Indian and not a Traitor or Terrorist? / Huma Dar -- 5. Variants of Cultural Nationalism in Pakistan: a Reading of Faiz Ahmad Faiz / Jamil Jalibi and Fahmida Riaz Amina Yaqin -- Pt. II. Landscapes of Ritual Performance: Ritual, Agency, and Memory in Focus -- 6. Ambivalent Encounters: The Making of Dhadi as a Sikh Performative Practice / Michael Nijhawan -- 7. Ritual, Reform, and Economies of Meaning at a South Asian Sufi Shrine / Kelly Pemberton -- 8. Gendered Ritual and the Shaping of Shi'ah Identity / Diane D'Souza -- 9. History, Memory, and Other Matters of Life and Death / Christian Lee Novetzke.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-241) and indexes.

Introduction: Towards an Integrative Hermeneutics in the Study of Identity / Kelly Pemberton and Michael Nijhawan -- Pt. I. Landscapes of Translation: Linguistics, History, and Culture in Focus -- 1. A House Overturned: A Classical Urdu Lament in Braj Bhasha / Amy Bard and Valerie Ritter -- 2. The Politics of Non-Duality: Unravelling the Hermeneutics of Modern Sikh Theology / Arvind Mandair -- 3. Who are the Vellalas? 20th Century Constructions and Contestations of Tamil Identity in Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950) / Srilata Raman -- 4. Can a Muslim be an Indian and not a Traitor or Terrorist? / Huma Dar -- 5. Variants of Cultural Nationalism in Pakistan: a Reading of Faiz Ahmad Faiz / Jamil Jalibi and Fahmida Riaz Amina Yaqin -- Pt. II. Landscapes of Ritual Performance: Ritual, Agency, and Memory in Focus -- 6. Ambivalent Encounters: The Making of Dhadi as a Sikh Performative Practice / Michael Nijhawan -- 7. Ritual, Reform, and Economies of Meaning at a South Asian Sufi Shrine / Kelly Pemberton -- 8. Gendered Ritual and the Shaping of Shi'ah Identity / Diane D'Souza -- 9. History, Memory, and Other Matters of Life and Death / Christian Lee Novetzke.

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