Living Banaras by Bradley R Hertel
By focusing on contemporary popular religious traditions, the book represents a substantial contribution to the study of modern religious practices in Banaras, holy city of India. This book offers in-depth, ethnographic views of many contemporary popular religious practices that have, for the most part, received little attention by scholars. Topics covered include the Ramlila celebrations, devotion to Hanuman, and goddess worship, and the way that Banarsi Boli, the local dialect of Banaras, supports its users in their identification with the sacred city.-
Encountering the Goddess
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Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds
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Lineages of Brahman Power
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Sweetening and Intensification
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The Supreme Refuge
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Dalit Journeys for Dignity
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Hindi Hindu Histories
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Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination
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The Science of Satyug
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Singing the Goddess into Place
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Silence Unheard
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Devoted to the Goddess
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Untouchable Pasts
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Essays of a Lifetime
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Female Ascetics in Hinduism
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Re-ending the Mahābhārata
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The Living and the Dead
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Engaging South Asian Religions
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The Concept of Bharatavarsha and Other Essays
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The Demon's Daughter
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Language and Style of the Vedic Ṛṣis
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Colonizing the Realm of Words
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The Encounter Never Ends
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Text and Tradition in South India
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The Character of the Self in Ancient India
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Poems on Life and Love in Ancient India
"The book builds upon previous work about the importance of Banaras; it adds to our empirical understanding of society and culture in India; and it provides one of the best examples I have seen of fieldwork based research where different individual scholars, commenting from various perspectives, achieve a holistic, comprehensive result" — Charles R. Brooks, John Jay College, City University of New York
Bradley R. Hertel is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Cynthia Ann Humes is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Claremont McKenna College.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791413326 |
| ISBN 10 | 0791413322 |
| Title | Living Banaras |
| Author | Bradley R Hertel |
| Series | Suny Series In Hindu Studies |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1993-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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