A self-reflexive appraisal of the flavors of Jain food learned during fieldwork\ud forms a springboard from which to consider the dynamic modes and motives of Jain\ud interlocutors as they interact with scholars. Comparing textual and filmic narratives of\ud Jain food traditions and beliefs reveals an instantiation of Sahlin???s theoretical model of\ud practice called the ???structure of the conjuncture.??? In the retelling and reproduction of Jain\ud cultural values on food, the structure of relational symbolic values like non-violence,\ud non-possession, flavor, and austerity become temporally entangled with media and\ud scholarship. Jain agents commonly narrate and reproduce the ???eternal??? values of Jain\ud food traditions and beliefs...
(Mis)Understanding Hinduism reconstructs a history of representations of Hindu religion from narrati...
Over the past few decades, an ever–increasing interest in food has contributed to the shedding of li...
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid ...
The Jains are a small but influential minority community in India. Their religion is structured arou...
In contrast to earlier Jainological emphasis on the unchanging and dogmatic na-ture of doctrinal Jai...
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India is a vault of diverse cultures, languages, rituals and traditions. Every state has its own eth...
Food taboos are widely seen all over the world. This is a complicated phenomenon in which various el...
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The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known India...
The main purpose of the thesis is to examine Jain worship and the role of the Jains1 Tirthankara ima...
International audienceThe pan-Indian distinction between two points of view on reality is to be foun...
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid ...
Understanding Indian documentary film as aesthetic practice and as a set of historical traditions ha...
(Mis)Understanding Hinduism reconstructs a history of representations of Hindu religion from narrati...
Over the past few decades, an ever–increasing interest in food has contributed to the shedding of li...
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid ...
The Jains are a small but influential minority community in India. Their religion is structured arou...
In contrast to earlier Jainological emphasis on the unchanging and dogmatic na-ture of doctrinal Jai...
International audienceMost of the Jains in India are merchants and city-dwellers, and their religion...
India is a vault of diverse cultures, languages, rituals and traditions. Every state has its own eth...
Food taboos are widely seen all over the world. This is a complicated phenomenon in which various el...
Food taboos are widely seen all over the world. This is a complicated phenomenon in which various el...
There is a growing recognition that scholarship on Indian religions has been hampered by the lack of...
The last ten years have seen interest in Jainism increasing, with this previously little-known India...
The main purpose of the thesis is to examine Jain worship and the role of the Jains1 Tirthankara ima...
International audienceThe pan-Indian distinction between two points of view on reality is to be foun...
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid ...
Understanding Indian documentary film as aesthetic practice and as a set of historical traditions ha...
(Mis)Understanding Hinduism reconstructs a history of representations of Hindu religion from narrati...
Over the past few decades, an ever–increasing interest in food has contributed to the shedding of li...
Indian literary traditions, both religious and non-religious, have dealt with literature in a fluid ...