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Placating the Demons

Placating the Demons

Gananath Obeyesekere

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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Año de edición:
2021
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Sociedad y cultura: general
ISBN:
9780367556181
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This book critically examines dominant ceremonial practices in Sri Lanka. It presents key ideas and symbolic systems that exist to this day, in similar shapes or in different guises.

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