Hindu Gods in an American landscape: changing perceptions of Indian sacred images in the global age
"In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests, becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Jefferson, North Carolina
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
[2019]
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Hinduism
/ Religious art
/ Reception
B USA / Hinduism / Gods / Transnational policy / Globalization |
| Further subjects: | B
Hindu sculpture
B Usa B Idols and images B Symbolism B Sculpture B United States B Hindu symbolism B Hinduism B Hindu gods B Divinity |
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Summary: | "In India, Hindu images have been cast for millennia through the lost wax process and brought to life by priests, becoming not merely venerated icons but actual embodiments of gods. Second and third generation Hindu Americans have increasingly adopted a more worldly perspective toward religious objects, viewing them as symbolic rather than actual presences of the deity. The author traces the origins of this important shift, and examines Western attitudes regarding sacred objects, as well as the complex layering of traditional and modern Hindu attitudes in a globalized world."-- Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 205-214 |
| Physical Description: | X, 224 Seiten, Illustrationen |
| ISBN: | 0786499443 |