The Living and the Dead: Social Dimensions of Death in South Asian ReligionsLiz Wilson SUNY Press, 11 sep 2003 - 212 pagina's This collection examines the social dimensions of death in South Asian religions, exploring the ritualized exchanges between the living and the dead performed by Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and other religious groups. Using ethnographic and historical tools associated with the comparative and historical study of religion, the contributors also record the voices and actions of marginalized groups such as tribal peoples, women, and members of lower castes who are often underrepresented in studies of South Asian deathways, which typically focus on the writings and practices of elite groups. For many religious people, death entails a journey leading to some new condition or place. As the ultimate experience of passage, it is highly ceremonial and ritualized, and those beliefs and practices associated with the moment of death itself death-bed ceremonies, funerary rites, and rituals of mourning and of remembering are examined here. The Living and the Dead offers historical depth, ethnographic detail, and conceptual clarity on a subject that is of immense importance in South Asian religious traditions. |
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Autocremation and Spontaneous | 29 |
The Mūsivāyanam and a Female Brahman | 51 |
Musical Mourning Emotion and Religious Reform | 95 |
Deanimating and Reanimating the Dead in Rural Sri Lanka | 113 |
The Suppression of Nuns and the Ritual Murder of Their Special | 127 |
A Tamil Countersorcery Ritual | 159 |
Narratives of a Hindu Ghost | 177 |
List of Contributors | 201 |
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