Fierce gods : inequality, ritual, and the politics of dignity in a South Indian village /
Author / Creator: | Mines, Diane P., 1960- |
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Imprint: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2005. |
Description: | xi, 247 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5700811 |
Summary: | "In a move still unusual in anthropology, Mines examines relations of power by providing perspectives from a variety of people who are differently, and differentially, empowered.... These points are made with an extraordinary richness of ethnographic detail." --Sara Dickey "With the publication of books of this quality the anthropological turn to practice theory announced in 1968 by Sherry Ortner comes to maturity. Intelligent, clear, humane and often gripping, this book will be of interest to readers who care about place and politics in the United States as well as those interested in South Asia."
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Physical Description: | xi, 247 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-242) and index. |
ISBN: | 0253345766 0253217652 |