Symbolic heat : gender, health & worship among the Tamils of south India and Sri Lanka (Record no. 12060)
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| fixed length control field | 01132cam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0944142877 (pbk.) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780944142875 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 8185822522 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9788185822525 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | McGilvray, Dennis B. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Symbolic heat : gender, health & worship among the Tamils of south India and Sri Lanka |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Ahmedabad : |
| Name of publisher | Mapin Pub. in association with University of Colorado Museum, Boulder ; |
| Place of publication | Middletown, NJ : |
| Name of publisher | Grantha Corp. ; |
| Place of publication | Wappingers' Falls, NY : |
| Name of publisher | Distributed in North America by Antique Collectors' Club, |
| Year of publication | 1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | 72 p. |
| Other physical details | illustrations (some color), map ; |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | The Tamils --<br/>Symbolic Heat --<br/>Food, Medicine, and Health --<br/>Gender and the Life Cycle --<br/>Hindu Worship. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | For the Tamils, an ethnic community in modern-day South India and Sri-Lanka, a concept of physical and spiritual heat as female energy (sakti) influences their diet, their traditional medical practices, their view of men and women, and their worship of Hindu deities. This title photographically intreprets this cultural viewpoint. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Tamil (Indic people) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 06/05/2008 | Donation | 1130.30 | 300.95493 MAC | 011047 | Reference Books |