Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment
Oral Narratives from the Central Himalayas
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 1 July 2016
- ISBN 9780199325108
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages304 pages
- Size 235x156 mm
- Language English 0
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Short description:
The result of extensive ethnographic fieldwork into oral narratives, written petitions, stories, and testimonies, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment from the Central Himalayas explores ideas of justice associated with the worship of the 'God of Justice', Goludev, in the Central Himalayan region Kumaon.
MoreLong description:
Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork conducted in the Central Himalayan region of Kumaon, Tales of Justice and Rituals of Divine Embodiment from the Central Himalayas explores ideas of justice by drawing on oral and written narratives, stories, testimonies, and rituals told and performed in relation to the 'God of Justice', Goludev, and other regional deities. The book seeks to answer several questions: How is the concept of justice defined in South
Asia? Why do devotees seek out Goludev for the resolution of matters of justice instead of using the secular courts? What are the sociological and political consequences of situating divine justice—which is achieved not only through written petitions handed to the deity but also through practices of ritual
embodiment or spirit possession—within a secular, democratic, modern context?
The stories and narratives in this book revolve around Goludev's own story and deeds, as well as hundreds of petitions (manauti) written on paper that devotees hang on his temple walls. The rituals (jagar) involve spirit possession and the embodiment of the deity through designated mediums. These intensely powerful and mesmerizing rituals demonstrate how being human is associated with the seemingly limitless potential to shift, alter, and transform our selves through language
and ritual practice. The petitions, though silent and devoid of the penetrating singing, drumming, and choreography that accompany jagars, connect the concept of justice to the aspirations, breakdowns, struggles and breakthroughs that circumscribe human existence.
Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations
Prologue
Chapter One: Thinking about Justice and Being Human
Chapter Two: God of Justice
Chapter Three: Ideas of Justice
Chapter Four: Writing Intimacy
Chapter Five: Possession, Alterity, Modernity
Chapter Six: Transformations
Chapter Seven: Dancers
Chapter Eight: Epilogue
Appendices
Index
