Religion and commodification: "merchandizing" diasporic Hinduism
Vineeta Sinha
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قائمة
شناسنامه
العنوان واسم المؤلف
Religion and commodification: "merchandizing" diasporic Hinduism / Vineeta Sinhaبيانات النشر
نیویورک : Routledge، 2011مالمواصفات الشكلية
xiii, 228 p.: ill., maps; 24 cm.الموضوع
Hinduism -- SingaporeReligious supplies industry -- Singapore
Hinduism -- Malaya
Religious supplies industry -- Malaya
Hinduism -- India Tamil Nadu
Religious supplies industry -- India Tamil Nadu
مسلسل
(Routledge research in religion, media and culture؛ 1)اللغة
انگلیسیملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references and index.المحتويات
Everyday Hindu religiosity and ritual objects -- "Mapping" spaces and objects: "diaspora Hinduism" and "puja items" -- Homes for gods: prayer altars for family shrines -- Visual representations of Hindu divinity: disentangling "material" from "deity" from "commodity" -- Flowers for worship, flowers for sale : straddling the "sacred" and the "secular" -- Religion and commodification: what are the possibilities for enchantment?