TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raj, Selva J., ed.
AU  - Dempsey, Corinne G., ed.
TI  - Sacred play: ritual levity and humor in South Asian religions
SN  - 9781438429793
U1  - 203.8 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Ritual
KW  - Religion
N1  - 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
ER  -