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581263
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b410482
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| Main Entry
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Sax, William Sturman,1957-
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| Title & Author
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God of justice : ritual healing and social justice in the central Himalayas /\ William S. Sax.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2009.
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1 online resource (xii, 284 p.) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0199714673 (electronic bk.)
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: 9780199714674 (electronic bk.)
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9780195335866 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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0195335864 (cloth ; alk. paper)
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9780195335859 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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0195335856 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-280) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: fieldwork among the Harijans -- God of justice -- Landscape, memory, and ritual -- Oracles, gurus, and distributed agency -- Rituals of family unity -- Families and their ghosts -- Sending the God back -- Postscript: ritual healing and modernity.
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| Abstract
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Based on ten years of ethnographic fieldwork, this text offers a glimpse into the world of cursing, black magic, and ritual healing in the Central Himalayas of North India.
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Bhairava (Hindu deity)-- Cult-- India-- Garhwal (Region)
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Spiritual healing-- Hinduism.
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Social justice-- Religious aspects-- Hinduism.
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Healing-- India-- Garhwal (Region), Folklore.
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Hinduism-- India-- Garhwal (Region)-- Rituals.
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| LC Classification
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BL1225.B4943G378 2009
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