عنوان

Crossing the lines of caste :

شابک

0199341109

شابک

0199341117

شابک

9780199341108

شابک

9780199341115

شابک اشتباه

9780190236847

شماره

dltt

عنوان اصلي

Crossing the lines of caste :

نام عام مواد

[Book]

ساير اطلاعات عنواني

Víśvāmitra and the construction of Brahmin power in Hindu mythology /

نام نخستين پديدآور

Adheesh A. Sathaye

نام خاص و کميت اثر

xix, 310 pages :

ساير جزييات

illustrations ;

ابعاد

24 cm

متن يادداشت

Includes bibliographical references and index

متن يادداشت

Machine generated contents note: -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction: Crossing the Lines of Caste -- Foundations -- 1. Poet, Priest, and Prince: Glimpses of Visvamitra in Vedic Literature -- 2. Genealogy of the Brahmin Other in the Sanskrit Epics -- Adaptations -- 3. Spinning the Brahmin Other in the Early Puranas -- 4. Geo-Mapping the Brahmin Other in Regional Puranic Literature -- Confrontations -- 5. Encountering the Brahmin Double in Medieval India -- 6. Becoming a New Brahmin in Modern India -- Conclusions: Texts, Performances, and Hindu Mythological Culture -- Catalogue of Visvamitra Legends -- Bibliography -- Index

بدون عنوان

8

متن يادداشت

"What does it mean to be a Brahmin, and what could it mean to become one? Over the years, intellectuals and dogmatists have offered plenty of answers to the first question, but the latter presents a cultural puzzle, since normative Brahminical ideology deems it impossible for an ordinary individual to change caste without first undergoing death and rebirth. There is, however, one notable figure in the Hindu mythological tradition who is said to have transformed himself from a king into a Brahmin by amassing great ascetic power, or tapas: the ornery sage Visvamitra. Through texts composed in Sanskrit and vernacular languages, oral performances, and visual media, Crossing the Lines of Caste examines the rich mosaic of legends about Visvamitra found across the Hindu mythological tradition. It offers a comprehensive historical analysis of how the "storyworlds" conjured up through these various tellings have served to adapt, upgrade, and reinforce the social identity of real-world Brahmin communities, from the ancient Vedic past up to the hypermodern present. Using a performance-centered approach to situate the production of the Visvamitra legends within specific historical contexts, Crossing the Lines of Caste reveals how and why mythological culture has played an active, dialogical role in the construction of Brahmin social power over the last three thousand years"--

موضوع مستند نشده

Caste-- Religious aspects-- Hinduism

موضوع مستند نشده

Viśvāmitra (Hindu mythology)

شماره

ويراست

شماره رده

نشانه اثر

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Sathaye, Adheesh A.

تاريخ عمليات

20150701090643.0

قواعد فهرست نويسي ( بخش توصيفي )

rda

نام الکترونيکي

نوع ماده

[Book]

تكميل شده

Y