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Author Babb, Lawrence A

Title Alchemies of violence : myths of identity and the life of trade in western India / Lawrence A. Babb
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents 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. According, to the author, origin myths utilize sacrifice as a
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index
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Subject Marwaris -- India -- Rajasthan -- Ethnic identity
Marwaris -- India -- Rajasthan -- Folklore
Merchants -- India -- Rajasthan -- Social life and customs
Violence -- India -- Rajasthan -- Folklore
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Sales & Selling -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Marketing -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Commerce.
Marwaris
Violence
Ethnische Identität
India -- Rajasthan
Marwaris.
Genre/Form Folklore
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132103219
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