Ethnography of Tantra - Textures and Contexts of Living Tantric Traditions

Presents Tantra from an ethnographic vantage point, through a series of case studies grounded in diverse settings across contemporary Asia.

About the author

Carola E. Lorea is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Tubingen in Germany. She is the author of Folklore, Religion, and the Songs of a Bengali Madman: A Journey Between Performance and the Politics of Cultural Representation. Rohit Singh is Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at UNC Greensboro.

Product details

• Authors: Carola Erika (EDT)/ Singh Lorea, Carola Erika Singh Lorea
• Assisted by: Carola Erika Lorea (Editor), Rohit Singh (Editor), Singh Rohit (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781438494838
• ISBN: 978-1-4384-9483-8
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Buddhism / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Hinduism / General, Buddhism, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Hinduism, Social and cultural anthropology, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities