Lives of Indian Images by Richard H. Davis - 1999-04-12

Princeton University Press, 1999-04-12. Paperback. Very Good. 0.9400 in x 9.0600 in x 6.0600 in.

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Princeton University Press, 1999-04-12. Paperback. Good.

Princeton University Press. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Princeton University Press, 1999. Paperback. New. A clean crisp well preserved 1999 Princeton University Press softcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. For many centuries, Hindus have taken it for granted that the religious images they place in temples and home shrines for purposes of worship are alive. Hindu priests bring them to life through a complex ritual "establishment" that invokes the god or goddess into material support. Priests and devotees then maintain the enlivened image as a divine person through ongoing liturgical activity: they must awaken it in the morning, bathe it, dress it, feed it, entertain it, praise it, and eventually put it to bed at night. In this linked series of case studies of Hindu religious objects, Richard Davis argues that in some sense these believers are correct: through ongoing interactions with humans, religious objects are brought to life.… Read More

Princeton University Press, 1999-04-12. Paperback. Very Good. 1997. 331 pages. Paperback covers with minor scuffing, bumping to edges. Spine square and uncreased. Binding sound. Interior clean and unmarked.

Princeton Univ Pr, 1997. Gd. condition - .Understanding Indian images .... (KN4). Soft Cover. Good.

Paperback. New.

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Paperback / softback. New. Draws on reader-response literary theory and anthropological approaches to the study of objects in society in order to trace the biographies of Indian religious images. This book shows that Hindu priests and worshipers are not the only ones to enliven images.