Ritualizing on the Boundaries/ Continuity And Innovation in the Tamil Diaspora
Clothey,Fred W.
- 1st.ed.
- Columbia: Univ of South Carolina Press, 2006.
- 248
1 Introduction: Boundaries and the Tamil Diaspora I 2 The Construction of a Temple in an American City and the Acculturation Process 30 3 Shrines as Cultural Spaces in Singapore 58 4 Tirunelveli North: Nadars in God's Beloved Dharavi, Mumbai 78 5 Brahmins and Their Three Shrines 107 6 Double Jeopardy: Being a Tamil Muslim in a Mumbai Alley 131 7 Libations with 1,008 Pots: Ritual Rules and Changing Circumstances 148 8 Navarattiri: Nine Nights with the Goddess in Mumbai 163 9 Trance and "Sacred Wounding": Interpretations of Tai Pucam at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 176 10 Singing on the Boundaries: Bhajans, Saint Makers, and the Reinterpretation of Arunakiri 199 11 Conclusion 212