Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism

by Urmila Mohan

In Clothing as Devotion in Contemporary Hinduism, Urmila Mohan explores the materiality and visuality of cloth and clothing as devotional media in contemporary Hinduism. Drawing upon ethnographic research into the global missionizing group "International Society for Krishna Consciousness" (ISKCON), she studies translocal spaces of worship, service, education, and daily life in the group's headquarters in Mayapur and other parts of India. Focusing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004419128
• ISBN13: 9789004419124
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 88 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"