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Author:   Ute Hüsken ,  Vasudha Narayanan ,  Astrid Zotter
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438484075

ISBN 10:   1438484070
Pages:   308
Publication Date:   01 October 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Nine Nights of Power: Durgā, Dolls, and Darbārs—An Introduction Ute Hüsken, Vasudha Narayanan, and Astrid Zotter Navarātri as Agent of Renewal and Transformation 1. Ritual of Revitalization: The Transformative Power of the Durgā Pūjā Hillary Rodrigues 2. Straddling the Sacred and the Secular: Presence and Absence of the Goddess in Contemporary Garbo, the Navarātri Dance of Gujarat Neelima Shukla-Bhatt Propriety versus Creativity in Navarātri 3. Can Didi Truly Become Durgā? The Riddle of the Two Goddesses Moumita Sen 4. Limits of Creativity: Kolu in Brahmin Vaiṣṇava Households in Kāñcipuram Ute Hüsken Gendered Identities in Navarātri 5. Navarātri as a Festival of Hanumān and Male Asceticism R. Jeremy Saul 6. Going Home for Navarātri: Negotiating Caste, Class, and Gender between Rural and Urban Rajasthan Jennifer D. Ortegren 7. Female Agency during Tamil Navarātri Ina Marie Lunde Ilkama Navarātri as Instrument of Power 8. Who Kills the Buffalo? Authority and Agency in the Ritual Logistics of the Nepalese Dasaĩ Festival Astrid Zotter 9. Domains of Dasara: Reflections on the Struggle for Significance in Contemporary Mysore Caleb Simmons 10. The Ups and Downs of Competing Power Rituals: Dasarā and Durgā Pūjā in a Former Princely State of Odisha Uwe Skoda Contributors Index

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"""This book brilliantly captures the multilayered essence of Navrātri, wherein the festival constantly negotiates itself in a contemporary secular setting, efficiently creating new meanings, retaining older ones, and interacting between the two. It is a highly recommended read for students of Religious and South Asian Studies."" — Religious Studies Review"

Author Information

Ute Hüsken is Professor and Head of the Department of Cultural and Religious History of South Asia at the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University, Germany. Her books include The Ambivalence of Denial: Danger and Appeal of Rituals (coedited with Udo Simon). Vasudha Narayanan is Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions at the University of Florida. Her books include The Life of Hinduism (coedited with John Stratton Hawley). Astrid Zotter is researcher at Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Germany. Her books include Hindu and Buddhist Initiations in India and Nepal (coedited with Christof Zotter).

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