Wild sacredness and the poiesis of transactional networks relational divinity and spirit possession in the būta ritual of south india
Asian Ethnology June 30, 2015 M. Ishii 6 citations
The ritual practices of the low castes have often been considered through concepts such as Sanskritization as well as consensus and replication, but have also been interpreted as resistance against the dominance of the high castes. The tendency common to these analyses is their interpretation of the low castes’ ritual practices in terms of caste hierarchy and power relations. Focusing on the...