Cage of freedom : Tamil identity and the ethnic fetish in Malaysia. Andrew C. Willford

• Auteur: Willford, Andrew C
• Éditeur: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan press, cop. 2006
  
• Sujets: Tamouls (peuple d'Asie du Sud) -- Malaisie -- Religion;
  Tamouls (peuple d'Asie du Sud) -- Malaisie -- Identité collective;
  Hindouisme -- Malaisie;
  Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion -- Malaysia;
  Tamil (Indic people) -- Ethnic identity -- Malaysia;
  Hinduism -- Malaysia
• Notes: Bibliogr. p. 321-334. Index
  Introduction Marginal existence and social distance: "worthless dregs in a prosperous society" The ritual expression of Tamil identity in Malaysia : a festival of power and penance Fetish, space, and displacement in Kuala Lumpur : Tamils and the ethnic uncanny Hindu ecumenical movements and "middleness" : familiarity and ambivalence in Tamil identity Making distinctions : "we had become the laughingstock of other races" Sacred Malaysia, Greater India
  
• Contient: Introduction Marginal existence and social distance: "worthless dregs in a prosperous society" The ritual expression of Tamil identity in Malaysia : a festival of power and penance Fetish, space, and displacement in Kuala Lumpur : Tamils and the ethnic uncanny Hindu ecumenical movements and "middleness" : familiarity and ambivalence in Tamil identity Making distinctions : "we had become the laughingstock of other races" Sacred Malaysia, Greater India
  
• Langue: Anglais
  
• Date d'édition: cop. 2006
  
• Identifiant: 0-472-09956-6 ; 978-0-472-09956-6 ; 0-472-06956-X ; 978-0-472-06956-9
  
• Desc. matérielle: 1 vol. (XIII-346 p.) : ill., couv. ill. ; 23 cm