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Images of transgression: Teyyam in Malabar
Social analysis • 54 (2) • Published In 2010 • Pages: 130-150
By: Vadakkiniyil, Dinesan.
Abstract
This article discusses aspects of the teyyam ritual as practiced both within Kerala and in diasporic communities outside of the state. The focus is on the transformation of the Muttappan temple from traditional sacred space into a modern public sphere, in regard to globalization and emerging economic opportunities that have come with growth in urbanization, wage work, and migration. Together, these changes have transformed ritual practice into a broadly participatory and political event expressing identity and modernity; changes evident in the ritual's increased potency to deterritorialize and reterritorialize, transgressing boundaries and reasserting autonomy.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- South Asia
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem
- Field Date
- 2001-2009
- Coverage Date
- 1980-2009
- Coverage Place
- Payyanur municipality, Kannur district, Kerala, India
- Notes
- Dinesan Vadakkiniyil
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150)
- LCCN
- 89657469
- LCSH
- Kerala (India)