ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas /
William S. Sax.
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
1 online resource (xii, 284 p.) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
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.
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Based on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, this text offers a glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India.