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15. März 2009. Aus dem Netzwerk: Neuerscheinung: Power plays. Politics, Rituals and Performances in South Asia

Indo-European Studies in Politics and Society

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Das Buch wurde herausgegeben von Lidia Guzy und Uwe Skoda.

About the book:
Featuring contributions from anthropologists, historians and political scientists working on South Asia the volume introduces "power plays" in various local contexts – rural and urban alike. Addressing the question of "en-Act-ment" of power the authors look at ritual(-ized) and often overtly performative acts – negotiations, elaborations, struggles – over resources and prestige, which are dramatized by using various cultural media and often, though not necessarily, linked to a divine sphere. Special focus is given to entanglements between the seriousness of "power", the social as well as symbolic forces, on the one hand and the much less grave, less solemn, rather joyful "play" on the other hand. Frequently encountered and locally rarely perceived as inherently contradictory, the "power plays" introduced here hint at specific local, indigenous understandings of politics, rituals and performances.

 

Lidia Guzy, Uwe Skoda (Eds.)
Power plays
Politics, Rituals and Performances in South Asia Indo-European Studies in Politics and Society (edited by Klaus Voll and Uwe Skoda) [ISSN 1867-9978], Vol. 5 Berlin, Dezember 2008, 226 Seiten, € 26,80; ISBN 978-3-89998-142-1

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