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Exploring the Senses
South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity
Bringing together historical and cultural perspectives on the senses, and their association with body, emotion, cultural memory and tradition, this book examines the significance of senses in the understanding of the world and the self. Further, in comparing Indian and western theories of senses,...
To Be Published August 30th 2013 by Routledge India
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Dynamics and Performativity of Imagination
The Image between the Visible and the Invisible
Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors focus on the role of the...
Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Emotions in Rituals and Performances
South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity
Challenging the idea that rituals are static and emotions irrational, the volume explores the manifold qualities of emotions in ritual practices. Focusing explicitly on the relationship between emotions and rituals, it poses two central questions. First, how and to what extent do emotions shape...
Published September 24th 2012 by Routledge India
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Images of the Body in India
South Asian and European Perspectives on Rituals and Performativity
This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within...
Published April 25th 2011 by Routledge India