{"product_id":"material-acts-in-everyday-hindu-worlds-paperback","title":"Material Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Burkhalter Flueckiger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaterial Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes the agency of materiality--the ability of materials to have an effect on both humans and deities--beyond human intentions. Using materials from three regions where Flueckiger conducted extensive fieldwork, she begins with Indian understandings of the agency of ornaments that have the desired effects of protecting women and making them more auspicious. Subsequent chapters bring in examples of materiality that are agentive beyond human intentions, from a south Indian goddess tradition where female guising transforms the aggressive masculinity of men who wear saris, braids, and breasts to the presence of cement images of Ravana in Chhattisgarh, which perform alternative theologies and ideologies to those of dominant textual traditions of the Ramayana epic. Deeply ethnographic and accessibly written, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Acts in Everyday Hindu Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e expands our understanding of material agency as well as the parameters of religion more broadly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is freely available in an open access edition thanks to the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowships Open Book Program--a limited competition designed to make outstanding humanities books available to a wide audience. Learn more at the Fellowships Open Book Program at https: \/\/www.neh.gov\/grants\/odh\/FOBP, and access the book online at the SUNY Open Access Repository at https: \/\/soar.suny.edu\/handle\/20.500.12648\/8716.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce Burkhalter Flueckiger\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Religion at Emory University. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eEveryday Hinduism\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhen the World Becomes Female: Guises of a South Indian Goddess\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eIn Amma's Healing Room: Gender and Vernacular Islam in South India\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 206\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412271284402,"sku":"9781438480121","price":59.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/96577e3acf3323cd24a046f8f6b1fe5d.webp?v=1778317726","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/material-acts-in-everyday-hindu-worlds-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}