My Grandmother's Bones
This article examines the materiality of death in the funerary rites of a Vaidiki brahmin family in Telugu-speaking South India. In this self-reflexive piece, I explore the concepts of madi (ritual purity) and maila (ritual impurity) in relation to my grandmother's life and death, respectively....
Nebentitel: | Special Issue: Shifting Sites, Shifting Selves: The Intersections of Homes and Fields in the Ethnography of India |
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Equinox
[2020]
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In: |
Fieldwork in religion
Jahr: 2020, Band: 15, Heft: 1/2, Seiten: 98-112 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Telangana (Region)
/ Hinduism
/ Funeral rite
/ Woman religious studies scholar
/ Field-research
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RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus KBM Asien |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Brahmin
B madi (purity) B maila (impurity) B Experience account B Caste B Hindu death rituals |
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Zusammenfassung: | This article examines the materiality of death in the funerary rites of a Vaidiki brahmin family in Telugu-speaking South India. In this self-reflexive piece, I explore the concepts of madi (ritual purity) and maila (ritual impurity) in relation to my grandmother's life and death, respectively. I also consider the materiality of my grandmother's bones in the funerary rites, including the final cremation and post-cremation rituals conducted by my father and uncles in Hyderabad, Telangana in August 2013. The article concludes by reflecting on the resilience of my grandmother, a brahmin widow for more than thirty years of her life. |
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ISSN: | 1743-0623 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Fieldwork in religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/firn.18354 |