Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class WorldOxford University Press, 2004 M09 16 - 320 páginas Many Hindus today are urban middle-class people with religious values similar to those of their professional counterparts in America and Europe. Just as modern professionals continue to build new churches, synagogues, and now mosques, Hindus are erecting temples to their gods wherever their work and their lives take them. Despite the perceived exoticism of Hindu worship, the daily life-style of these avid temple patrons differs little from their suburban neighbors. Joanne Waghorne leads her readers on a journey through this new middle-class Hindu diaspora, focusing on their efforts to build and support places of worship. She seeks to trace the changing religious sensibilities of the middle classes as written on their temples and on the faces of their gods. She offers detailed comparisons of temples in Chennai (formerly Madras), London, and Washington, D.C., and interviews temple priests, devotees, and patrons. In the process, she illuminates the interrelationships between ritual worship and religious edifices, the rise of the modern world economy, and the ascendancy of the great middle class. The result is a comprehensive portrait of Hinduism as lived today by so many both in India and throughout the world. Lavishly illustrated with professional photographs by Dick Waghorne, this book will appeal to art historians as well as urban anthropologists, scholars of religion, and those interested in diaspora, transnationalism, and trends in contemporary religion. It should be especially appealing for course use because it introduces the modern Hinduism practiced by the friends and neighbors of students in the U.S. and Britain. |
Contenido
New Houses for the Gods in an Urban World | 3 |
1 Hindu Temples in the New World System 16401800 | 35 |
The Recovery of Ancient Temples in an InnerCity Neighborhood | 75 |
3 The Gentrification of the Goddess | 129 |
Murugan Amman and Globalized Localism | 171 |
Making Space for Gods in an Urban World | 231 |
Notes | 243 |
Glossary | 259 |
References | 265 |
279 | |
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Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World Joanne Punzo Waghorne Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-Class World Joanne Punzo Waghorne Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
Diaspora of the Gods: Modern Hindu Temples in an Urban Middle-class World Joanne Punzo Waghorne Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alagappan ancient temples appears architecture Arya Vysya Blacktown Brahman British bronze image building built caste century Chennai Chettiars church colonial consecration construction contemporary context cultural deities devotees divine donors Dubashes Durga educated English festival figure Ganesha garden houses Georgetown global goddess gods gopura grand Hanuman Highgate Hill Hindu temples Hinduism holy Kanchipuram Kapaleeswara Temple Kolavizhi Amman linga living London Lord Madras main sanctum major mandapa Mariyamman merchant middle middle-class modern Mudaliar Mundakakkanni Amman Temple Murugan Temple Muthiah Mylapore Nanganallur neighborhood officers Parvati patrons Perumal Temple priests pujas religion religious renovation ritual royal sacred Sanskrit sculpture sense Seven Lingas Shiva shrine Singer social south India space Sri Lanka Sthapati stone story streets style Tamil Tamilnadu temple complex Temple in Mylapore term Tiruvalluvar Town Temple tradition trustees urban vahana Vaishnava Venkateswara village vimana Vishnu worship
Referencias a este libro
Ritualizing on the Boundaries: Continuity and Innovation in the Tamil Diaspora Fred W. Clothey Vista previa limitada - 2006 |