Rethinking the Body in South Asian Traditions 1st Edition by Diana Dimitrova Editor 1000257959 9781000257953

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• ISBN 10: 1000257959
• ISBN 13: 9781000257953
• Author: Diana Dimitrova editor

This book analyses cultural questions related to representations of the body in South Asian traditions, human perceptions and attitudes toward the body in religious and cultural contexts, as well as the processes of interpreting notions of the body in religious and literary texts.

Table contents:

1 The corporeal vaṃśa: Seizure and restriction of the body in the Harivaṃśa
2 Tinged with pain and promise: Images of bodies in the poetry of Appar
3 Allegorical representations of the body in the Vijñānagīta by Keśavdās
4 Devotional bodies and embodied devotion: Yoga, bhakti, and pilgrimage in the Radhasoami tradition
5 Bodies in Cracking India
6 Cultivating a female body: Appropriation of female rituality (saṃskāra) within the hijra community
7 When humans pose as Hindu gods

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