: Ritual levity and Humor in South Asian Religions
نام نخستين پديدآور
\ edited by Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Albany
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
: State University of New York Press,
تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره
, c2010.
مشخصات ظاهری
نام خاص و کميت اثر
xi, 224 p.
ساير جزييات
:ill.
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Index
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Bibliography
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Introduction: ritual levity in South Asian traditions / Selva J. Raj and Corinne Dempsey -- Serious levity at the Shrine of St. Anne in South India / Selva J. Raj -- Don't take it badly, it's Holi : ritual levity, society, and agriculture / A. Whitney Sanford -- Playing the married lady : primary marriage among the Newars of Nepal / Liz wilson -- The "artful trick" : challenging convention through play in upstate New York / Corinne Dempsey and Sudharshan Durayappah -- Friendship, humor, levity, and love in a Hindu women's ritual tradition / Tracy Pintchman -- Laughing until it hurts-- somebody else : the pain of a ritual joke / William P. Harman -- Gods' play and the Buddha's way : varieties of levity in contemporary Sinhala practice / Jonathan Walters -- Playing with Durga in Bengal / Rachel Fell McDermott -- Turning Karbala inside out : humor and ritual critique in South Asian Muharram rites / Amy C. Bard -- A Catholic charismatic healer at play in North India / Mathew N. Schmalz -- Response / Jonathan Z. Smith.