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| Rethinking Historical Change in Sri Lankan Ritual: Deities, Demons, Sorcery, and the Ritualization of Resistance in the Sinhala Traditions of Suniyam | ||
| 作者 | Fleisher, Seth L. (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of Anthropological Research |
| 卷期 | v.52 n.1 Spring |
| 出版日期 | 1996 |
| 頁次 | 29 - 59 |
| 出版者 | The University of Chicago Press |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.journals.uchicago.edu |
| 出版地 | Chicago, IL, US [芝加哥, 伊利諾伊州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 摘要 | In this article, I argue against the theoretical and methodological approaches of Gananath Obeyesekere and Richard Gombrich and expand on the work of Bruce Kapferer, suggesting the need for more diachronically oriented and interdisciplinary approaches to the analysis of historical developments in South and Southeast Asian ritual traditions. I contend that the rise of urban sorcery traditions in Sri Lanka is by no means a new cultural "invention." Rather, the recent increase in the popularity of these traditions in Colombo is the result of a "translation" of a ritual repertoire from a "premodern" and rural ritual idiom to a "modern" urban one. The two key differences visible in this "translation" are a decrease in the extent to which the rituals are bound by textual forms and expectations and a resultant increase in the ritual practitioner's flexibility as a cultural agent. I suggest that the central element of continuity between the "premodern" and "modern" traditions is their function, in different historical periods and contexts, as active sociopolitical resistance for: (1) groups that were socially, economically, and/or politically disenfranchised and (2) groups that deemed the very integrity of their cultural identity to be in jeopardy. Through an application of the theoretical work of Jonathan Z. Smith, Catherine Bell, and Michel Foucault, I demonstrate that religious tradition in South and Southeast Asia is not only utilized to legitimate normative power structures, but it is also concomitantly deployed by the socioeconomically and politically disenfranchised in attempts to resist such structures. My research is based primarily upon etymological analysis, architectural analysis, ethnography, studied exegesis of several genres of Sinhala textual material, and data collected through the administration of multiple-choice and open-ended questionnaires. |
| 目次 | The Historical Depth of Suniyam 31 The "Translation" of a Tradition 38 Decline of Rural Tradition 39 The Role of the Ritual Practitioner 41 The "Translated" Tradition 44 Suniyam and the Ritualization of Resistance 45 Resistance of Sinhala Ethnic Chauvinism and the Kotte Period 45 A Case of Political Resistance 48 Resistance in the Modern Village Santiya 49 Personal Empowerment 54 Conclusion 54 Notes 55 References Cited 57 |
| ISSN | 00917710 (P); 21533806 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 79 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.12.05 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.12.05 |
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