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Religion and commodification: 'merchandizing' diasporic Hinduism/ Vineeta Sinha

By: Sinha, VineetaMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge research in religion, media and culture, 1Publication details: New York : Routledge, 2011Description: 228p. : ill. ; 24cmISBN: 9780415873635Subject(s): Hinduism -- Singapore | Religious supplies industry -- Singapore | HinduismDDC classification: 305.69453

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Everyday Hindu religiosity and ritual objects -- "Mapping" spaces and objects : "diaspora Hinduism" and "puja items". Homes for gods : prayer altars for family shrines -- Visual representations of Hindu divinity : disentangling "material" from "deity" from "commodity". Flowers for worship, flowers for sale : straddling the "sacred" and the "secular". Religion and commodification : what are the possibilities for enchantment?.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	305.69453 SIN/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P14335

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Everyday Hindu religiosity and ritual objects --
"Mapping" spaces and objects : "diaspora Hinduism" and "puja items". Homes for gods : prayer altars for family shrines --
Visual representations of Hindu divinity : disentangling "material" from "deity" from "commodity". Flowers for worship, flowers for sale : straddling the "sacred" and the "secular". Religion and commodification : what are the possibilities for enchantment?.

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