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Connected Places

Region, Pilgrimage, and Geographical Imagination in India

Produktform: Buch / Einband - fest (Hardcover)

This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the people living in the area of Maharashtra, Feldhaus draws some very interesting conclusions about how people differentiate one region from others, and how we use stories, rituals, and ceremonies to recreate their importance. Feldhaus discovers that religious meanings attached to regions do not necessarily have a political teleology. According to Feldhaus, 'There is also a chance, even now, that religious imagery can enrich the lives of individuals and small communities without engendering bloodshed and hatred'.weiterlesen

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Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-1-4039-6323-9 / 978-1403963239 / 9781403963239

Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Erscheinungsdatum: 17.02.2004

Seiten: 322

Auflage: 1

Autor(en): A. Feldhaus

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