Neff Deborah L (22 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Very Good. Vol 26, No 1, pp. 63-71, Extracted from orig vol, thus begins with title page, trimmed & stapled pamphlet, else VG.

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Hardcover. Condition: New. Kerala's Puḷḷuvas and Pāmpum Tuḷḷal is a story about the lives of Kerala's Puḷḷuva ritual specialists and their days-long ritual performance, pāmpum tuḷḷal, or the "jumping dance" of the serpent deities (nāgam or pāmpu). The ritual is commissioned by members of Kerala's landed communities to bring health and prosperity to their extended families. Belonging to an ancient South Indian tradition, the ritual is orchestrated by Puḷḷuva ritual specialists, who hold the sole hereditary right to perform it. This book is the first in Kerala to approach this ritual tradition from the viewpoints and agency of its Dalit (formerly known as 'untouchable') ritual specialistsmen and women, and to examine Puḷḷuva ritual practice in the context of rapid and extensive social change. The study sheds important light upon Puḷḷuva rituals, lives, and livelihoods, within the broader contexts of changing class, caste, and kinship relations; land tenure and ritual patronage; labour migration; and the decline of Nāyar matrilineality and old landed families. These wide-ranging social trends, indexed and acted out in ritual, are the backdrop for understanding Puḷḷuva ritual practice from the 1980s, and in terms of history, point to multiple structures and hierarchies of practice and meaning. The combination of the focused study of ritual performance and traditional ethnography allows readers to witness the ritual practices and lives of members of a small, real-world community rendered virtually absent from the historical record. It's extraordinary to hear from Puḷḷuvas in their own words and to witness their dedication to their sacred profession, at a time when the world they knew was rapidly falling apart. But thirty-plus years later, the storyat least for now, has a happy ending; both Puḷḷuvas and pāmpum tuḷḷal are thriving. About the Author Deborah Neff, Ph.D., is a cultural anthropologist and an associate at the University of Arizona.…

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 4th edition. 326 pages. 9.10x7.30x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Kerala's Pu uvas and P mpum Tu al is a story about the lives of Kerala's Pu uva ritual specialists and their days-long ritual performance, p mpum tu al, or the 'jumping dance' of the serpent deities (n gam or p mpu). The ritual is commissioned by members of Kerala's landed communities to bring health and prosperity to their extended families. Belonging to an ancient South Indian tradition, the ritual is orchestrated by Pu uva ritual specialists, who hold the sole hereditary right to perform it.This book is the first in Kerala to approach this ritual tradition from the viewpoints and agency of its Dalit (formerly known as 'untouchable') ritual specialists - men and women, and to examine Pu uva ritual practice in the context of rapid and extensive social change. The study sheds important light upon Pu uva rituals, lives, and livelihoods, within the broader contexts of changing class, caste, and kinship relations; land tenure and ritual patronage; labour migration; and the decline of N yar matrilineality and old landed families. These wide-ranging social trends, indexed and acted out in ritual, are the backdrop for understanding Pu uva ritual practice from the 1980s, and in terms of history, point to multiple structures and hierarchies of practice and meaning.The combination of the focused study of ritual performance and traditional ethnography allows readers to witness the ritual practices and lives of members of a small, real-world community rendered virtually absent from the historical record. It's extraordinary to hear from Pu uvas in their own words and to witness their dedication to their sacred profession, at a time when the world they knew was rapidly falling apart. But thirty-plus years later, the story-at least for now, has a happy ending; both Pu uvas and p mpum tu al are thriving. 268 pp. Englisch.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Kerala's Pu uvas and P mpum Tu al is a story about the lives of Kerala's Pu uva ritual specialists and their days-long ritual performance, p mpum tu al, or the 'jumping dance' of the serpent deities (n gam or p mpu). The ritual is commissioned by members of Kerala's landed communities to bring health and prosperity to their extended families. Belonging to an ancient South Indian tradition, the ritual is orchestrated by Pu uva ritual specialists, who hold the sole hereditary right to perform it.This book is the first in Kerala to approach this ritual tradition from the viewpoints and agency of its Dalit (formerly known as 'untouchable') ritual specialists - men and women, and to examine Pu uva ritual practice in the context of rapid and extensive social change. The study sheds important light upon Pu uva rituals, lives, and livelihoods, within the broader contexts of changing class, caste, and kinship relations; land tenure and ritual patronage; labour migration; and the decline of N yar matrilineality and old landed families. These wide-ranging social trends, indexed and acted out in ritual, are the backdrop for understanding Pu uva ritual practice from the 1980s, and in terms of history, point to multiple structures and hierarchies of practice and meaning.The combination of the focused study of ritual performance and traditional ethnography allows readers to witness the ritual practices and lives of members of a small, real-world community rendered virtually absent from the historical record. It's extraordinary to hear from Pu uvas in their own words and to witness their dedication to their sacred profession, at a time when the world they knew was rapidly falling apart. But thirty-plus years later, the story-at least for now, has a happy ending; both Pu uvas and p mpum tu al are thriving.…