TY  - BOOK
TI  - Ritualizing on the Boundaries: Continuity And Innovation in the Tamil Diaspora
SN  - 1570036470
U1  - 305.894811 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Columbia
PB  - Univ of South Carolina Press
N1  - 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
ER  -