"merchandizing" diasporic Hinduism Sinha, Vineeta. creator text bibliography nyu New York Routledge 2011 monographic eng

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xiii, 228 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Everyday Hindu religiosity and ritual objects -- "Mapping" spaces and objects : "diaspora Hinduism" and "puja items" -- Homes for gods : prayer altars for family shrines -- Visual representations of Hindu divinity : disentangling "material" from "deity" from "commodity" -- Flowers for worship, flowers for sale : straddling the "sacred" and the "secular" -- Religion and commodification : what are the possibilities for enchantment? Vineeta Sinha. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hinduism Singapore Religious supplies industry Singapore Hinduism Malaya Religious supplies industry Malaya Hinduism India Tamil Nadu Religious supplies industry India Tamil Nadu 305.6/9453 9780415873635 0415873630 9780203842799 (ebk) 0203842790 (ebk) 2010011794 DLC 120930 16156745