Fierce Gods: Inequality, Ritual, and the Politics of Dignity in a South Indian Village

by Diane P. Mines

Book Overview

"In a move still unusual in anthropology, Mines examines relations of power by providing perspectives from a variety of people who are differently, and differentially, empowered. . . . These points are made with an extraordinary richness of ethnographic detail." --Sara Dickey

"With the publication of books of this quality the anthropological turn to practice theory announced in 1968 by Sherry Ortner comes to maturity. Intelligent, clear,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253217652
• ISBN13: 9780253217653
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"