具体描述
Gutschow and Michaels include a film by Christian Bau (Handling Death with their accounts of Hindu rituals in which the Newar people honor their ancestors and, eventually, join them. They describe the role of locale, priests and purity specialists, and calendar rituals of death and renewal. They then use a real death and the resulting latya rituals as a case study, and examine the texts survivors use to prepare the body for the pyre, make up ritual meals, and make offerings. They conclude with analyses of the dynamics of the Newar rituals, including their textuality and contexts and the elements of pollution and purification, embodiment and tactility, deification and pacification, memory and mourning, continuity of change, and the uncertainty of death. The photographs and maps are of exceptional quality.
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目录信息
Bhaktapur - a Newar Town in the Kathmandu Valley 15
Priests and Purity Specialists in Death Rituals 34
Calendric Rituals of Death and Renewal 63
Death and Ancestor Rituals 84
Part II: Latyd - The Ritual of Joining the Ancestors (sapindikarana)
The Social Background 125
Description of the Latya Ritual 129
The Ritual Handbooks 153
Part III: Conclusion - The Dynamics of Newar Death Rituals
Textuality and Contextuality 179
Pollution and Purification 181
Embodiment and Tactility 187
Deification and Pacification 191
Memory and Mourning 193
Continuity and Change 195
The Uncertainty of Death 203
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