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Zusatztext "Achieving a masterful synthesis of history and ethnography, this work examines the construction and contestation of caste within Tamil Catholicism." Informationen zum Autor David Mosse is Professor of Social Anthropology! School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)! University of London. Among his books are T he Rule of Water: Statecraft! Ecology and Collective Action in South India (2003) and Cultivating Development: An Ethnography of Aid Policy and Practice (2004). Klappentext "This is a powerful and exciting work. Mosse has produced a work of scholarship that is lively and readable without any loss of subtlety and sophistication. It is a ground-breaking study! of critical importance to the ways we understand religious nationalism and the anthropology of postcolonial experience."-Susan Bayly! author of Asian Voices in a Postcolonial Age "The author achieves both historical depth and ethngraphic sophistication in his analysis of the complex relationship between caste and Christianity in India."--J. J. Preston"Choice" (06/01/2013) Zusammenfassung Explores Christianity's trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. This title shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of religion and culture were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a fresh politic of equal rights in South India. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Introduction 1. A Jesuit Mission in History 2. A Culture of Popular Catholicism 3. Christians in Village Society: Caste! Place! and the Ritualization of Power 4. Public Worship and Disputed Caste: The Santiyakappar Festival over 150 Years 5. Christianity and Dalit Struggle: 1960s to 1980s 6. Hindu Religious Nationalism and Dalit Christian Activism 7. A Return Visit to Alapuram: Religion and Caste in the 2000s Conclusion Notes Glossary References Index ...
