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Alchemies of violence : myths of identity and the life of trade in western India. /Lawrence A. Babb.

By: Babb, Lawrence AContributor(s): Lawrence A. BabbMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: : Zafaa Books & Distributors | : 313/56F,49A, Inderlok, DelhiPublication details: , New Delhi : Sage Publications , 2004Description: 254 pages : illustrations, map :24cmISBN: 0761932232Subject(s): Folklore | Marwaris | India Rajasthan | ViolenceDDC classification: 381.092 BAB

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Violence and the ways of trade Sages and warriors Melted warriors Warriors exiled Going public Traders victorious

Summary: The several trading castes known generically as M̀arwaris ̀are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention to the special problems of self-definition faced by these groups and shows how myth engages these problems by using a distinctive symbolism drawn from the Vedic rite of sacrifice.

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Violence and the ways of trade
Sages and warriors
Melted warriors
Warriors exiled
Going public
Traders victorious

The several trading castes known generically as M̀arwaris ̀are among the most powerful and wealthy groups in India. While they have spread throughout India and beyond, their homeland is Rajasthan. This absorbing book explores their origin myths and the manner in which these myths construct and express their social identities. Lawrence Babb draws attention to the special problems of self-definition faced by these groups and shows how myth engages these problems by using a distinctive symbolism drawn from the Vedic rite of sacrifice.

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