Always an argument: Persuasive tools in the death rituals of the Jenu Kurumba

Anthropos

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 475-490

  Demmer, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Culture and performance; Jenu Kurumba; Language; Nilgiris; Rhetoric; Ritual; South India

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035600399     PISSN: 02579774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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