Wild sacredness and the poiesis of transactional networks relational divinity and spirit possession in the būta ritual of south india

IF 0.6 3区社会学 Q1 Arts and Humanities

Asian Ethnology Pub Date : 2015-06-30 DOI:10.18874/AE.74.1.05

M. Ishii

引用次数: 4

Abstract

The ritual practices of the low castes have often been considered through concepts such as Sanskritization as well as consensus and replication, but have also been interpreted as resistance against the dominance of the high castes. The tendency common to these analyses is their interpretation of the low castes’ ritual practices in terms of caste hierarchy and power relations. Focusing on the relational aspect of divinity and the importance of wild sacredness in ritual contexts, this study will provide an alternative perspective from which to view the complementary opposites in the rituals of the low castes. These are not merely a reflection of unequal caste relations, but are the basis of the relationships among all the various actors—including human beings, wild animals, and spirits—personified as būtas that constitute a fluid network in a social, ecological, and cosmological sphere.

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南印度būta仪式中的野性神圣性和交易网络关系的神性和精神占有

低种姓的仪式实践通常通过梵语化、共识和复制等概念来考虑，但也被解释为对高种姓统治的抵抗。这些分析的共同趋势是他们从种姓等级和权力关系的角度来解释低种姓的仪式实践。本研究聚焦于神性的关系方面和仪式情境中野性神圣性的重要性，将提供另一种视角来看待低种姓仪式中互补的对立面。这些不仅仅是不平等种姓关系的反映，而且是所有不同行为者之间关系的基础——包括人类、野生动物和精神——人格化为būtas，构成了社会、生态和宇宙领域的流动网络。

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Asian Ethnology Multiple-

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1.10

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30 weeks

期刊介绍： Asian Ethnology (ISSN 1882–6865) is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal registered as an Open Access Journal with all the contents freely downloadable. Please read the information on our open access and copyright policies. A list of monographs that were published under the journal''s former names, Folklore Studies and Asian Folklore Studies, appear here. Asian Ethnology is dedicated to the promotion of scholarly research on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It began in China as Folklore Studies in 1942 and later moved to Japan where its name was changed to Asian Folklore Studies. It is edited and published at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, with the cooperation of Boston University. Asian Ethnology seeks to deepen understanding and further the pursuit of knowledge about the peoples and cultures of Asia. We wish to facilitate intellectual exchange between Asia and the rest of the world, and particularly welcome submissions from scholars based in Asia. The journal presents formal essays and analyses, research reports, and critical book reviews relating to a wide range of topical categories, including: -narratives, performances, and other forms of cultural representation -popular religious concepts -vernacular approaches to health and healing -local ecological/environmental knowledge -collective memory and uses of the past -cultural transformations in diaspora -transnational flows -material culture -museology -visual culture