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Alchemies of violence [electronic resource] : myths of identity and the life of trade in western India / Lawrence A. Babb.
Author
Babb, Lawrence A.
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New Delhi ; London : SAGE, 2004.
Description
1 online resource (254 p.) : ill., map.
Availability
Available Online
SK Complete Books, Reference and Navigator Collection 2019
SAGE Knowledge Complete Books Collection 2023 (KNCCBO23)
Details
Subject(s)
Marwaris
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India
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Rajasthan
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Ethnic identity
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Marwaris
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India
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Rajasthan
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Folklore
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Merchants
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India
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Rajasthan
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Social life and customs
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Violence
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India
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Rajasthan
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Folklore
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Summary note
The several trading castes known generically as `Marwaris` are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention to the special problems of self-definition faced by these groups and shows how myth engages these problems by using a distinctive symbolism drawn from the Vedic rite of sacrifice. According, to the author, origin myths utilize sacrifice as a
Notes
Description based upon print version of record.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.
Target audience
Specialized.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
Violence and the ways of trade
Sages and warriors
Melted warriors
Warriors exiled
Going public
Traders victorious.
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ISBN
81-321-1264-4
1-282-42461-0
9786612424618
81-321-0321-1
OCLC
593196077
1007859045
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