Migration and the commoditisation of ritual: Sacrifice, spectacle and contestations in Kerala, India

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 109-139

  Osella, Filippo ^a   Osella, Caroline ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASTE SYSTEM; CULTURAL TRADITION; MIGRATION; RELIGION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 1242298922     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996670303700106     Document Type: Article

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