Cage of freedom : Tamil identity and the ethnic fetish in Malaysia / Andrew C. Willford
- Bib ID:
- 3885221
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Willford, Andrew C. (Andrew Clinton)
- Online Version:
- Table of contents only
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- Description:
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- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2006
- xiii, 346 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780472099566
- 9780472069569
- 0472099566
- 047206956X
- Full contents:
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- 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.
- 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 laughing stock of other races"
- Sacred Malaysia, Greater India.
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Marginal existence and social distance : "worthless dregs in a prosperous society"
- Ch. 3. The ritual expression of Tamil identity in Malaysia : a festival of power and penance
- Ch. 4. Fetish, space, and displacement in Kuala Lumpur : Tamils and the ethnic uncanny
- Ch. 5. Hindu ecumenical movements and "middleness" : familiarity and ambivalence in Tamil identity
- Ch. 6. Making distinctions : "we had become the laughingstock of other races"
- Ch. 7. Sacred Malaysia, greater India.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-334) and index.
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