Fluid Signs: Being a Person the Tamil Way

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University of California Press, 1984 - Social Science - 320 pages
"Fluid Signs" is the product of anthropological fieldwork carried out among Tamil-speaking villagers in a Hindu village in Southern India. Combining a richness of ethnographic detail with a challenging and innovative theoretical analysis, Daniel argues that symbolic anthropologists have yet to appreciate the multifaceted function of the "sign" and its role in the creation of culture. This provocative study underscores the need for Western intellectual traditions in general and anthropology in particular to deepen its discourse with South Asian cultural and religious thought.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
An Ur Known
61
A House Conceived
105
Sexuality Exposed
163
Kuņams Divined
182
A Theoretical Interlude
227
Equilibrium Regained
233
A Différant Conclusion
288
Bibliography
303
Index
313
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