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Images of transgression: Teyyam in Malabar
Social analysis • 54 (2) • Published In 2010 • Pages: 130-150
By: Vadakkiniyil, Dinesan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- General character of religion
- Castes
- Sacred objects and places
- Magic
- Sociocultural trends
- Congregations
- Dissemination of news and information
- External relations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2001-2009
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1980-2009
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Payyanur municipality, Kannur district, Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- Dinesan Vadakkiniyil
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-150)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 89657469
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kerala (India)