Sacred play: ritual levity and humor in South Asian religions/
Sacred play: ritual levity and humor in South Asian religions/
edited by Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey
- Albany: State University of New York Press, 2010.
- xi, 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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.
9781438429793
Ritual
Religion
203.8 / EDI/S
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.
9781438429793
Ritual
Religion
203.8 / EDI/S