Shared Idioms, Sacred Symbols, and the Articulation of Identities in South Asia

by Pemberton, Kelly; Nijhawan, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780203885369
• ISBN10: 0203885368
• Copyright: 2008-12-19
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

This work focuses on processes of articulating identity. The notions of "shared idioms" and "sacred symbols" shaping this volume suggest both a search for common ground and boundary-drawing processes. Individual chapters locate "sites" of these modes and the conditions that engender them, problematizing the truth-claims of unitary markers of identity.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Towards an Integrative Hermeneutics in the Study of Identity

Landscapes of Translation: Linguistics, History, and Culture in Focus

A House Overturned: A Classical Urdu Lament in Braj Bhasha

The Politics of Non-Duality: Unravelling the Hermeneutics of Modern Sikh Theology

Who are the Vellalas? 20th Century Constructions and Contestations of Tamil Identity in Maraimalai Adigal (1876-1950)

Can a Muslim be an Indian and not a Traitor or Terrorist?

Variants of Cultural Nationalism in Pakistan: a Reading of Faiz Ahmad Faiz

Landscapes of Ritual Performance: Ritual, Agency, and Memory in Focus

Ambivalent Encounters: The Making of Dhadi as a Sikh Performative Practice

Ritual, Reform, and Economies of Meaning at a South Asian Sufi Shrine

Gendered Ritual and the Shaping of Shi`ah Identity

History, Memory, and Other Matters of Life and Death

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