Loss and recognition: the historical force of a Goddess
This paper theorizes the historical force of the goddess Malaiayammal who resides in a common roadside shrine several kilometers north of Madurai city in Tamilnadu, India. Malaiyammal is a fierce emanation of past events. She is a material presence that shocks or surprises as this past breaks into t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Univ.
2012
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Nidān
Year: 2012, Volume: 24, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-15 |
| Further subjects: | B
Malaiyammal
B Valaiyar B Indexical dynamism B Indexicality B Alalgar |
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| Summary: | This paper theorizes the historical force of the goddess Malaiayammal who resides in a common roadside shrine several kilometers north of Madurai city in Tamilnadu, India. Malaiyammal is a fierce emanation of past events. She is a material presence that shocks or surprises as this past breaks into the present. Each recognition of her power is a recognition of the violence of the past, and each deadly road accident attributed to her power is a reminder of that violence's persistence over time. In other words this fierce goddess, as I reckon others do too, carries a particular historical force. |
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| ISSN: | 2414-8636 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Nidān
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.58125/nidan.2012.1 |