Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism

Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 88
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ISBN-10 : 9789004419131
ISBN-13 : 9004419136
Rating : 4/5 (136 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism by : Urmila Mohan

Download or read book Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism written by Urmila Mohan and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2019-09-02 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urmila Mohan draws on her ethnography of Hindu devotional practices in Iskcon, India, to explore cloth and clothing as “efficacious intimacy”, that is, embodied processes that shape practitioners as devotees, connecting them with the divine and the larger community.


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