Wonder in South Asia : histories, aesthetics, ethics / edited by Tulasi Srinivas.
| Other author | Srinivas, Tulasi editor, contributor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Albany : State University of New York Press, [2023] |
| Copyright Date | ©2023 |
| Description | xiv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | SUNY series in religious studies SUNY series in religious studies. ^A227696 |
| Contents | Wondering about wonder : an introduction / Tulasi Srinivas -- Wonders never cease : an ethnographic panorama / Ann G. Gold -- Weird tales : ganesh, idolatry, and the golden age of American pulp fiction / William Elison -- Did the masters of disenchantment ever wonder / Mary Hancock -- Play : a technology of wonder in the Sidi devotional tradition of western India (Gujarat and Mumbai) / Jazmin Graves Ellyssane -- Wonder as affect on the Kuchipudi stage / Harshita Mruthinti Kamath -- In the vicinity of wonder : Thirunangai devotees of Angalamman and narratives of moral astonishment / Aniruddhan Vasudevan -- Wonder in the cremation ground : the affective and transformative dimensions of an urban Tamil festival / Amy L. Allocco -- Economies of wonder : the production of spectacle at the Kumbh mela / Amanda Lucia -- Scarcity, abundance, and money at Muslim saint shrines in north India / Quinn Clark -- On wonder and the animated self, or wondrous moments as the basis for an ethical moving on / Hanna H. Kim -- 'Guruji rocked . . . Duniya shocked' : wondertraps and the full-palette guru-ship of Dera Sacha Sauda guru Dr Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan / Jacob Copeman and Koonal Duggal -- Conclusion. The worlds of wonder / Tulasi Srinivas. |
| Abstract | "A comparative study of wonder in South Asian religions"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | The experience of wonder--encompassing awe, bewilderment, curiosity, excitement, fear, dread, mystery, perplexity, reverence, surprise, and supplication--and the ineffable quality of that which is wondrous have been entwined in religion and human experience. Yet strangely, wonder in non-western societies, including South Asia, has rarely been acknowledged or understood. This groundbreaking volume brings together historians and ethnographers of South Asia, including leading and emerging scholars, to consider the place and meaning of wonder in such varied joyful, tense, and creative sites and moments as Sufi music performances in Gujarat, Tamil graveyard processions, trans women's charitable practices, Kipling's Orientalist tales, village Kuchipudi dance performances, and Rajasthani healing shrines. Offering a synthetic and scholarly reading of wonder that speaks to the political, aesthetic, and ethical worlds of South Asia, these essays redefine the nature and meaning of wonder and its worlds. Taken together, they provide an invaluable research tool for those in the fields of Asian religion, religion in context, and South Asian religions in particular--back cover. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2023002650 |
| ISBN | 9781438495286 |
| ISBN | 1438495285 hardcover ; alkaline paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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