Pedagogical Otherness: The Use of Muslims and Untouchables in Some Hindu Devotional Literature
This article reconsiders some cases of interreligious and intercaste alterity in early modern India by highlighting a motive for depicting otherness that has been neglected in recent scholarship. I argue that depicting otherness can play an important pedagogical role for those who represent it, and...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2016]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 84, Issue: 3, Pages: 727-749 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hindi religious literature
/ Muslim
/ Paria
/ The Other
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RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |