Tamil geographies : cultural constructions of space and place in South India / edited by Martha Ann Selby, Indira Viswanathan Peterson.

Other author Selby, Martha Ann.
Other author Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, 1950-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 326 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesSUNY series in Hindu studies
SUNY series in Hindu studies. ^A378297
Contents Dialogues of space, desire, and gender in Tamil caṅkam poetry / Martha Ann Selby -- Four spatial realms in Tirukkōvaiyār / Norman J. Cutler -- The drama of the Kur̲avañci fortune-teller : land, landscape, and social relations in an eighteenth-century Tamil genre / Indira Viswanathan Peterson -- Ruling in the gaze of God : thoughts on Kanchipuram's maṇḍala / D. Dennis Hudson -- Cosmos, realm, and property in early medieval South India / Daud Ali -- Sanctum and gopuram at Madurai : aesthetics of akam and pur̲am in Tamil temple architecture / Samuel K. Parker -- From wasteland to bus stand : the relocation of demons in Tamilnadu / Isabelle Clark-Decès -- Waiting for Veḷḷāḷakaṇṭan̲ : narrative, movement, and making place in a Tamil village / Diane P. Mines -- Permeable homes : domestic service, household space, and the vulnerability of class boundaries in urban South India / Sara Dickey -- Gender plays : socio-spatial paradigms on the Tamil popular stage / Susan Seizer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2007010149
ISBN9780791472453 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0791472450 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks DS 432.T3 T355 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold