Religion and Commodification: 'Merchandizing' Diasporic Hinduism

by Vineeta Sinha

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Sustaining a Hindu universe at an everyday life level requires an extraordinary range of religious specialists and ritual paraphernalia. At the level of practice, devotional Hinduism is an embodied religion and grounded in a materiality, that makes the presence of specific physical objects (which when used in worship also carry immense ritual and symbolic load) an indispensable part of its religious practices.

Traditionally, both services...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415873630

ISBN13:9780415873635

Release Date:October 2010

Publisher:Routledge

Length:242 Pages

Weight:1.01 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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