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Dangerous marginality rethinking impurity and power Priyadarshini Vijaisri

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Indian Council of Historical Research monograph seriesPublication details: Delhi Indian Council of Historical Research in association with Primus Books 2015Description: xviii, 285 pages illustrations (black and white) 25 cmISBN:
  • 9789384082222
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In pursuit of the virgin whore: towards recovering outcaste ritual traditions -- On the boundaries: the Goddess and her chosen people -- The ritual domain: outcaste priest and priestess -- Vertical alliance: structural alliance and fictive kinship -- Moments of recall: tensions surrounding permanent impurity
Summary: On the cult of Mātaṅḡi, Hindu deity, in Andhra Pradesh, and religious life and customs of Madigas.
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Book French Institute of Pondicherry IFP Social Science collection ETHN 1250 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available SS21874

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical reference p. 267-272.

In pursuit of the virgin whore: towards recovering outcaste ritual traditions -- On the boundaries: the Goddess and her chosen people -- The ritual domain: outcaste priest and priestess -- Vertical alliance: structural alliance and fictive kinship -- Moments of recall: tensions surrounding permanent impurity

On the cult of Mātaṅḡi, Hindu deity, in Andhra Pradesh, and religious life and customs of Madigas.

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