Religions, Mumbai Style: Events-Media-Spaces
A collection of ethnographic essays on the city of Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), the volume questions the city's claim of a 'self-projected' cosmopolitanism by exploring its relationship with religion.
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
2023
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| Dans: | Année: 2023 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Mumbai
/ Fête religieuse
/ Vie religieuse
/ Pluralisme religieux
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Cosmopolitanism
B Electronic books B Recueil d'articles |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Édition parallèle: | Électronique
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| Résumé: | A collection of ethnographic essays on the city of Mumbai (erstwhile Bombay), the volume questions the city's claim of a 'self-projected' cosmopolitanism by exploring its relationship with religion. Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface by Michael Stausberg -- Contributors -- A Note on the Use of Italics and Diacritics -- 1. Religion in Bombay/Mumbai: A Scenario -- 2. Beyond Diversity-Precarious Belonging and Religious Conjunctions: Dalits in Dharavi -- 3. Does Violence Beget the Ghetto? Evidence from Ethnography in Mumbra -- 4. Encountering Religious Difference in the City: Some Reflections on the Participation of Ismaili Muslims in Islamic Revivalism in Mumbai -- 5. Twelver Shia Muslims' Right to the City: Public Performance, Media Practices, and Urban Atmospheres in Mumbai -- 6. Middle Class Muslims in Mumbai: Three Forms of Engagement with Islam -- 7. 'God is with the Patient People': Festival, Class, and Interreligious Engagement -- 8. Transgressive Spaces: Women's Organizations and Intentional Interventions in Politics of Interreligious Marriage -- 9. Strategic Roadside Shrines in High-Risk Zones: Baba for Peace -- 10. Taxis as Public Micro-Spaces of Religion: Practices, Symbols, and Communication -- 11. Movement and Place-Making: Multiple Crossings in the Lives of Mumbai's ISKCON Members -- 12. Towards the Apocalyptic: Myth, Metaphor, and the Dystopic in Contemporary Mumbai Literature -- 13. A Hole in the Wall: Religion in the Poetry of Arun Kolatkar -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 0192889389 |