{"product_id":"worship-and-conflict-under-colonial-rule-a-south-indian-case-cambridge-south-asian-studies-series-number-27-0521053587","title":"Worship and Conflict under Colonial Rule: A South Indian Case (Cambridge South Asian Studies, Series Number 27)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0521053587\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Appadurai, Arjun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough temples have been important in South Indian society and history, there have been few attempts to study them within an integrated anthropological framework. Professor Appadurai develops such a framework in this ethnohistorical case study, in which he interprets the politics of worship in the Sri Partasarati Svami Temple, a famous ancient Sri Vaisnava shrine in India. The author uses the methods and concepts of both cultural anthropology and social history to construct a model of institutional change in South Asia under colonial rule. Focusing on the problem of authority as a cultural concept and as a managerial reality, Professor Appadurai considers some classic problems of South Asian anthropology: problems of deference, sumptuary symbolism, and religious organization. In addition, he addresses such issues as the nature of conflict under a hybrid colonial legal system, the political implications of sumptuary disputes, and the structure of relations between polity and religion in pre-modern South Asia. These aspects of the study should interest a broad range of scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51943679263008,"sku":"NEW0521053587","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/worship-and-conflict-under-colonial-rule-a-south-indian-case-cambridge-south-asian-studies-series-number-27-0521053587","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}