Religion Against the Self: An Ethnography of Tamil Rituals
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This book provides a holistic description of Hinduism, showing how different types of Hinduism form a "total" or systematic cosmology and repeat crucial values through different symbols. Looking at Tamil religious practices, Isabelle Nabokov reveals that Tamil religion is primarily concerned with transformations of identity and subjectivity, both in this world and in the hereafter.
Introduction31Painful Crossings192Fruit from the Goddess313In the Grip of Blindness444Last Rites for Commanding Relationships555Of Women and Demons706The Decapitation of Young Brides867Learning to Live with a Split Self1008Fruit from the Dead1149The Recapitation of Young Grooms12510When Parents are Unsuitable Brides13811From Feast to Self-Sacrifice15112Beyond Process and Separation164Conclusion179Notes185References211Index225
