Guest is God: pilgrimage, tourism, and making paradise in India
'Guest is God' is an ethnography of the Indian pilgrimage site of Pushkar, which welcomes two million visitors each year. To locals, Pushkar is more than just a gathering place for pilgrims, tourists and hippies - it is where Brahma, the creator god, made his home. It is paradise. The text...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
India
/ Pushkar
/ Spiritual tourism
/ Pilgrimage
/ Tourism industry
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| Further subjects: | B
Pushkar (India) ; Religious life and customs
B Hindu pilgrims and pilgrimages ; India ; Pushkar |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780190883553 |
| Summary: | 'Guest is God' is an ethnography of the Indian pilgrimage site of Pushkar, which welcomes two million visitors each year. To locals, Pushkar is more than just a gathering place for pilgrims, tourists and hippies - it is where Brahma, the creator god, made his home. It is paradise. The text looks into the local effort to create a brand of Hindu religion that is tailored to its local surrounding but engages global ideas. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2019. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 15, 2019) |
| ISBN: | 0190883588 |