Modernity and Spirit Worship in India: An Anthropology of the Umwelt

by Miho Ishii

Book Overview

This book investigates the entangled relations between people's daily worship practices and their umwelt in South India. Focusing on the practices of spirit (būta) worship in the coastal area of Karnataka, it examines the relationship between people and deities.

Based on extensive fieldwork, this book links important anthropological theories on personhood, perspectives, transactions, and gift-exchanges together with the Gestaltkreis...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032086084
• ISBN13: 9781032086088
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"