Tamil geographies :: cultural constructions of space and place in South India /

"This interdisciplinary work explores how people in the Tamil region of India think about space and land, and how this, in turn, influences the creation of the social and aesthetic world they live in. Contributors focus on the notion of geography in its strictest sense, on verbal descriptions o...

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Weitere Verfasser: Selby, Martha Ann, Peterson, Indira Viswanathan, 1950-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Schriftenreihe:SUNY series in Hindu studies.
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Zusammenfassung:"This interdisciplinary work explores how people in the Tamil region of India think about space and land, and how this, in turn, influences the creation of the social and aesthetic world they live in. Contributors focus on the notion of geography in its strictest sense, on verbal descriptions of land and space and how these descriptions build and inform diverse social and aesthetic realities. The essays examine "texts" drawn from a range of time periods and a variety of sources in Tamil culture, including imaginative literature, historical events and narratives, religious rituals, and daily life in contemporary Tamil Nadu. The book clearly demonstrates the ways in which early Tamil aesthetic and linguistic paradigms have survived to the present as living, vital expressions through which contemporary boundaries and social identities are shaped and constructed."--Jacket
Beschreibung:1 online resource (x, 326 pages :)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781435653290
1435653297
9780791479452
0791479455

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