The Cursing Practice in Sri Lanka as a Religious Channel for Keeping Physical Violence in Control
Abstract This study deals with the cursing services in Sinhala Buddhism in Sri Lanka which some gods offer to the people. The author, who is using the mimesis and scapegoat mechanism theory of Girard as a point of reference, concentrates on the god Devol in the hamlet of Seenigama on the south-west...
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| Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1997
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Journal of Asian and African studies
Year: 1997, Volume: 32, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 202-222 |
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