Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols... by Obeyesekere, Gananat Paperback

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0226616010
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9780226616018
Date of Publication
1984-09-15
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Medusa's Hair: An Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Expe...
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Obeyesekere, Gananath
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The great pilgrimage center of southeastern Sri Lanka, Kataragama, has become in recent years the spiritual home of a new class of Hindu-Buddhist religious devotees. These ecstatic priests and priestesses invariably display long locks of matted hair, and they express their devotion to the gods through fire walking, tongue-piercing, hanging on hooks, and trance-induced prophesying. The increasing popularity of these ecstatics poses a challenge not only to orthodox Sinhala Buddhism (the official religion of Sri Lanka) but also, as Gananath Obeyesekere shows, to the traditional anthropological and psychoanalytic theories of symbolism. Focusing initially on one symbol, matted hair, Obeyesekere demonstrates that the conventional distinction between personal and cultural symbols is inadequate and naive. His detailed case studies of ecstatics show that there is always a reciprocity between the personal-psychological dimension of the symbol and its public, culturally sanctioned role. Medusa's Hair thus makes an important theoretical contribution both to the anthropology of individual experience and to the psychoanalytic understanding of culture. In its analyses of the symbolism of guilt, the adaptational and integrative significance of belief in spirits, and a host of related issues concerning possession states and religiosity, this book marks a provocative advance in psychological anthropology.

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Publisher
University of Chicago Press
ISBN-10
0226616010
ISBN-13
9780226616018
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features

Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Medusa's Hair : an Essay on Personal Symbols and Religious Experience
Publication Year
1984
Subject
Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, General, Asia / India & South Asia, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
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Not Available
Subject Area
Religion, History, Social Science
Author
Gananath Obeyesekere
Format
Trade Paperback

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Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.5 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN
80-027372
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
306.6
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Bl600.O23 1984
Table of Content
Preface Introduction Part One Introduction Private and Public Symbols The Problem Female Ascetics and Matted Hair Three Female Ascetic-Ecstatics Case 1: Karunavati Maniyo Case 2: Nandavati Maniyo Case 3: Manci Nona The Meaning of Hair The Yogi and the Monk: Siva and the Buddha: Matted Hair and Shaven Head Social Institutions and the Unconscious Matted Hair and Shaven Head: Two Kinds of Pscyhological Symbolism Conventionalization of Personal Symbols Part Two Introduction The Dark Night of the Soul: Illustration and Psychocultural Exegesis Case 4: Pemavati Vitarana Juliet's Dilemma: Buddhist Asceticism or Hindu Devotionalism Case 5: Juliet Nona The Symbolization of Guilt The Symbolic Integration of Personality Part Three Introduction Interpersonal Interaction and Personal Symbols Case 6: Munasinha Beauty Silva Myth Models Communication and Estrangement Networks of Meaning Ghosts, Demons, and Deep Motivation Part Four Introduction Descent into the Grave Case 7: Sirima Hettiaracci Subjective Imagery: An Interpretation of Sirima's Case History Tryst with the Black Prince: Incubus and Fire Walker A Hook Hanger at Kataragama Case 8: Tuan Sahid Abdin Comment on Abdin's Ritual Activities Abdin's Descent into the Grave A Ritual for Kali Abdin's Tongue: An Interpretation Fantasy and Symbolism in the Integration of Personality with Culture Fantasy, Personal Symbols, and Subjective Imagery: A Metapsychological Excursus Part Five Introduction Subjective Imagery and the Invention of Culture Culture and the Unconscious: The Case of Contemporary Iconography The Model for the Myth Epilogue: The End of the Beginning Notes Glossary References Index

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