The neighborhood of gods: the sacred and the visible at the margins of Mumbai

Potemkin village: spaces and surfaces at a film studio -- Concrete spirits: religious structures on the public streets -- Secular saint: Sai Baba of Shirdi and Darshan in the city -- Urban tribal: at home in filmistan -- Expanding contract: tribal space and official knowledge -- Immanent domains: ex...

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Main Author: Elison, William 1968- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Chicago London The University of Chicago Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Series/Journal:South Asia across the disciplines
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mumbai / Religion / Visibility / City picture / Religious identity
B Mumbai / Marginal group / Religion / Sacral building
B Mumbai / Motion picture studios / Ethnology
Further subjects:B Mumbai (India) Religion
B Religion
B Motion Pictures India Mumbai
B Motion Pictures (India) (Mumbai)
B Motion Pictures
B Mumbai (India) Religion India Mumbai
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Summary:Potemkin village: spaces and surfaces at a film studio -- Concrete spirits: religious structures on the public streets -- Secular saint: Sai Baba of Shirdi and Darshan in the city -- Urban tribal: at home in filmistan -- Expanding contract: tribal space and official knowledge -- Immanent domains: exhibits and evidence in the forest
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 283-300
Physical Description:xiii, 315 Seiten, Illustrationen, 23 cm
ISBN:978-0-226-49490-6
978-0-226-49487-6
0-226-49487-X
0-226-49490-X