Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil - David Scott - Books - University of Minnesota Press - 9780816622566 - March 31, 1994
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David Scott
Formations of Ritual: Colonial and Anthropological Discourses on the Sinhala Yaktovil

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Scott's investigation of "Yaktovil" within the Sri Lankan Sinhala cosmology, also inquires into the ways in which anthropology (ignoring the discursive history of the rituals, religions and relationships it seeks to describe) tends to reproduce ideological, often specifically colonial, objects.

336 pages

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 31, 1994
ISBN13 9780816622566
Publishers University of Minnesota Press
Pages 336
Dimensions 152 × 229 × 19 mm   ·   449 g
Language English  

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