God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas / William S. Sax.
2009
BL1225.B4943 G378 2009 (Mapit)
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God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas / William S. Sax.
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9780195335859 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0195335856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195335866 (alk. paper)
0195335864 (alk. paper)
0195335856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195335866 (alk. paper)
0195335864 (alk. paper)
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
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English
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xii, 284 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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BL1225.B4943 G378 2009
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294.5/5
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: fieldwork among the Harijans
God of justice
Landscape, memory, and ritual
Oracles, gurus, and distributed agency
Rituals of family unity
Families and their ghosts
Sending the God back
Postscript: ritual healing and modernity.
God of justice
Landscape, memory, and ritual
Oracles, gurus, and distributed agency
Rituals of family unity
Families and their ghosts
Sending the God back
Postscript: ritual healing and modernity.