عنوان

The cow in the elevator :

(Number (ISBN

0822371928

(Number (ISBN

9780822371922

Erroneous ISBN

0822370646

Erroneous ISBN

0822370794

Erroneous ISBN

9780822370642

Erroneous ISBN

9780822370796

Title Proper

The cow in the elevator :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an anthropology of wonder /

First Statement of Responsibility

Tulasi Srinivas.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Durham :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Duke University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2018.

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 269 pages) :

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illustrations

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Adventures in modern dwelling -- Passionate journeys : from aesthetics to ethics -- In God we trust : economies of wonder and philosophies of debt -- Technologies of wonder -- Timeless imperatives, obsolescence, and salvage.

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In The Cow in the Elevator Tulasi Srinivas explores a wonderful world where deities jump fences and priests ride in helicopters to present a joyful, imaginative, yet critical reading of modern religious life. Drawing on nearly two decades of fieldwork with priests, residents, and devotees, and her own experience of living in the high-tech city of Bangalore, Srinivas finds moments where ritual enmeshes with global modernity to create wonder--a feeling of amazement at being overcome by the unexpected and sublime. Offering a nuanced account of how the ruptures of modernity can be made normal, enrapturing, and even comical in a city swept up in globalization's tumult, Srinivas brings the visceral richness of wonder--apparent in creative ritual in and around Hindu temples--into the anthropological gaze. Broaching provocative philosophical themes like desire, complicity, loss, time, money, technology, and the imagination, Srinivas pursues an interrogation of wonder and the adventure of writing true to its experience. The Cow in the Elevator rethinks the study of ritual while reshaping our appreciation of wonder's transformative potential for scholarship and for life.

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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

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JSTOR

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22573/ctv11gtwwh

Title

Cow in the elevator.

International Standard Book Number

9780822370642

Globalization-- Religious aspects.

Hinduism and culture-- India-- Bangalore.

Religious life-- Hinduism.

Ritual.

Globalization-- Religious aspects.

Hinduism and culture.

Hinduismus

RELIGION-- Comparative Religion.

Religious life-- Hinduism.

Ritual.

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural

Volksreligion

Wunder

Wunderglaube

Bangalore (India), Religious life and customs.

Bangalore

India, Bangalore.

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HIS-- 017000

REL-- 017000

REL-- 032020

SOC-- 002010

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Edition

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Book number

Srinivas, Tulasi

Date of Transaction

20200822140730.0

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[Book]

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