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Author Whitmore, Luke, 1973- author.

Title Mountain, water, rock, god : understanding Kedarnath in the twenty-first century / Luke Whitmore.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
©2018

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: in the direction of Kedar -- In pursuit of Shiva -- Lord of Kedar -- Earlier times -- The season -- When the floods came -- Nature's Tandava dance -- Topographies of reinvention.
Summary "In Mountain, Water, Rock, God, Luke Whitmore situates the disastrous flooding that fell on the Hindu Himalayan shrine of Kedarnath in 2013 within a broader religious and ecological context. Whitmore explores the longer story of this powerful realm of the Hindu god Shiva through a holistic theoretical perspective that integrates phenomenological and systems-based approaches to the study of religion, pilgrimage, place, and ecology. He argues that close attention to places of religious significance offers a model for thinking through connections between ritual, narrative, climate destabilization, tourism, development, and disaster, and he shows how these critical components of human life in the twenty-first century intersect in the human experience of place"--Provided by publisher.
Note Whitmore, Luke 2018 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND license. To view a copy of the license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses
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Subject Siva (Hindu deity)
Siva (Hindu deity)
Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India)
Kidārnāṭh (Temple : Kedāranātha, India)
Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Ecology -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Natural disasters -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Whitmore, Luke, 1973- Mountain, water, rock, god. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520298026 (DLC) 2018024588
ISBN 9780520970151 (e-edition)
0520970152
9780520298026 (paperback)