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The great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist ...Show synopsisThe great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious devotees. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair, and they express their devotion to the gods through fire walking, tongue-piercing, hanging on hooks, and trance-induced prophesying. The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. "Medusa's Hair" thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology.Hide synopsis
Description:Good. *WITHDRAWN LIBRARY COPY* with customary collection...Good. *WITHDRAWN LIBRARY COPY* with customary collection markings or stickers; No markings in text; Cover shows minor wear. Shipping estimates based on a 1-2 lb item. Oversized items may require actual shipping costs be approved to accept and ship the order.
Description:Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index, bibliography, bw...Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, glossary. Or brown cloth, prev owners aname blacked out on ffep, light pencil underlining throughout, small stain on margin, spine moderately sunned. Kataragama in Sri Lanka has become a center for a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious leaders. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair and express their devotion to the Gods-notably Huniyan the snake god-through fire-walking, tongue piercing, hanging on hooks and trance-induced prophesying. These detailed case studies reveal the fit between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol, and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Constitutes an important contribution both to anthropology of individual experience and the psychoanalytic understanding of culture.
Description:Good Plus in Good Plus jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index,...Good Plus in Good Plus jacket. 8vo. xiii, 217pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, glossary. Or brown cloth in jacket. Prev owners name blacked out on ffep, light pencil underlining throughout, small stain on margin, spine moderately sunned. Kataragama in Sri Lanka has become a center for a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious leaders. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair and express their devotion to the Gods-notably Huniyan the snake god-through fire-walking, tongue piercing, hanging on hooks and trance-induced prophesying. These detailed case studies reveal the fit between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol, and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Constitutes an important contribution both to anthropology of individual experience and the psychoanalytic understanding of culture.
Description:Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs...Good. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities.
Description:Very good. University of Chicago Press (Aug 1981), hardcover...Very good. University of Chicago Press (Aug 1981), hardcover 252 pages, ISBN-10: 0226616002. DJ mildly rubbed and is moderately sunned to spine, but unclipped and barely shelfworn. Boards and spine; excellent. Pages mildly tanned but clean, tight and unmarked. Tight and tidy copy. VERY GOOD. We will refund full book value, no questions asked if returned within thirty days of delivery.
