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Charming Beauties and Frightful Beasts
. Ed(S): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas
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Hardback. This volume explores South Asian cultural manifestations and aspects of localised knowledge in relation to the construction and the Otherisation of the concept of body and behaviour in non-human animals. Editor(s): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FK; HRL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Discussions on non-human animals, other-than-human persons and religion originally emerged within the context of Christian theology, eco-theology and Western-based environmentalism. In response to that, and by adhering to post-modern discourses on, for instance, indigeneity, mimicry and hybridity, the volume explores South Asian cultural manifestations and aspects of localised knowledge in relation to the construction and the Otherisation of the concept of body and behaviour in non-human animals. The study of non-human animals as other-than-human persons (actual animals, but also animal-spirits, animal deities, etc.) has marked a significant shift in the ethics/politics of the academic study of religion. The chapters in ... Read more
Discussions on non-human animals, other-than-human persons and religion originally emerged within the context of Christian theology, eco-theology and Western-based environmentalism. In response to that, and by adhering to post-modern discourses on, for instance, indigeneity, mimicry and hybridity, the volume explores South Asian cultural manifestations and aspects of localised knowledge in relation to the construction and the Otherisation of the concept of body and behaviour in non-human animals. The study of non-human animals as other-than-human persons (actual animals, but also animal-spirits, animal deities, etc.) has marked a significant shift in the ethics/politics of the academic study of religion. The chapters in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908049582
SKU
V9781908049582
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About . Ed(S): Ferrari, Dr. Fabrizio M.; Dahnhardt, Thomas
Fabrizio M. Ferrari is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Chester. His publications include a study of the Bauls of Bengal (Oltre il confine, dove la terra e rossa: Canti d'amore e d'estasi dei Baul del Bengala, Ariele, 2001) and an examination of the gajan festival of Bengal (Guilty Males and Proud Females: Negotiating Genders in a Bengali ... Read more
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