Devotional spaces of a global saint: Shirdi Sai Baba's presence

"Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora. Essays consider the saint's influence on everyday life and how visual, narrative, textual,...

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Beteiligte: Srinivas, Smriti (HerausgeberIn) ; Jeychandran, Neelima (HerausgeberIn) ; Roberts, Allen F. 1945- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Druck Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: London New York Routledge 2022
In:Jahr: 2022
Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift:Routledge series on the Indian Ocean and Trans-Asia
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Sai Baba, von Shirdi 1836-1918
weitere Schlagwörter:B Sri Sai Baba (1836-1918) Influence
B Aufsatzsammlung
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Zusammenfassung:"Devotional Spaces of a Global Saint focuses on the presence and contemporaneity of Shirdi Sai Baba (d.1918), who has a vast following in postcolonial South Asia and an ever-growing global diaspora. Essays consider the saint's influence on everyday life and how visual, narrative, textual, sensorial, performative, political, social, and spatial practices interpenetrate to produce multiple terrains of devotion. Contributions by twelve scholars of several academic disciplines explore eruptions and circulations of sacred materials, spatialities of devotional practices, visual and digital imaginaries, transcultural narrativizations, and material affects and effects of Sai Baba. The presentation transcends routine scholarly discussions about sainthood, cultures of worship, religious objects, Hinduism and Islam. Shirdi Sai Baba's presence conveys inspiration and healing energies and he accepted the entreaties of people of all castes and creeds, offering an alternative to communal ideologies of his time - and the present. Considerations of Shirdi Sai Baba's milieux of devotional praxis situate and localize debates about the meaning of nation and religion, past and present, urbanization, and class identity in transitions from colonial to postcolonial/global South Asia. The book expands the boundaries of the study of Shirdi Sai Baba and makes important contributions to South Asia Studies, Anthropology, Religious Studies, Global Studies, Urban Studies, Indian Ocean Studies, Inter-Asian Studies, Visual and Media Studies, and Cultural Geography"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1032135697