Feeding a thousand souls : women, ritual and ecology in India : an exploration of the Kolam /

Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this text investigates aesthetic, symbolic, metaphorical, literary, mathematical, and philosophical meanings of the kolam, the popular Tamil women's daily ephemeral practice, a ritual art tradition performed with rice flour on the thresholds of houses in southern...

Ausführliche Beschreibung

Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Nagarajan, Vijaya
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Zusammenfassung:
Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this text investigates aesthetic, symbolic, metaphorical, literary, mathematical, and philosophical meanings of the kolam, the popular Tamil women's daily ephemeral practice, a ritual art tradition performed with rice flour on the thresholds of houses in southern India.
Umfang:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Anmerkungen:
Previously issued in print: 2018.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-085809-5
0-19-085810-9
0-19-085808-7
Schlagworte:
Hinduism > Rituals.
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