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020			_a9781438429793
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245		0	_aSacred play: ritual levity and humor in South Asian religions/ _cedited by Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey
260			_aAlbany: _bState University of New York Press, _c2010.
300			_axi, 224 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
505			_aIntroduction: 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.
650			_aRitual
650			_aReligion
700			_aRaj, Selva J., ed. _928436
700			_aDempsey, Corinne G., ed. _928437
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