The emergence of authenticity talk and the giving of accounts: Conversion as movement of the soul in South India, ca. 1900

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-141

  Viswanath, Rupa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRISTIANITY; CULTURAL HISTORY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RELIGION;

CHENNAI; INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 84872080645     PISSN: 00104175     EISSN: 14752999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0010417512000606     Document Type: Article

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