Culture, Religion and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia
- World Religions
- Publisher: Fortress Press (Augsburg Fortress)
- Published: 2020
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Publisher's Description
Culture, Religion, and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia explores how the idea of the home is repurposed or re-envisioned in relation to experiences of modernity, urbanization, conflict, migration and displacement. It considers how these processes are reflected in rituals, beliefs and social practices. It explores the processes by which "home" may be constructed and how relocations often result in either the replication or rejection of traditional homes and identities. Ponniah examines the various contestations surrounding the categories of "home" and "religion," including interfaith families, urban spaces, and sacred places.
Endorsements (4)
“A book so rich in theory and methodology, illuminated by case studies, will appeal to a broad readership far beyond South Asia, just as the title claims.”
“This book explores concepts of home across three genders, multiple religions, and many specific places, from Sri Lanka to China and Japan, from Mumbai to Arunachal Pradesh. A conceptual and expansive tour de force, this book examines the aftermath of colonialism and war, and strategies for negotiating domesticity in light of food, interfaith marriage, and religious identity.”
“The essays in this wide-ranging, evocative book explore processes of homemaking across a plethora of contexts. Collectively, these fascinating chapters reveal the many ways people come to manufacture a sense of home across religious, cultural, historical, and geographical register.”
“The book is a welcome collection of empirical studies on religion and space and in particular on the role of the idea of 'home' in South Asia, in diasporas, in the experience of women, and in literary texts. The book illustrates that sacredness of space and home is constructed by human agency as part of social and cultural processes and is ever changing.”
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