Material Devotion in a South Indian Poetic World contributes new methods for the study and interpretation of material religion found within literary landscapes.

This book is the first to focus on material visualities of bhakti imagery that inspire, shape, convey, and expand both the visual practices of devotional commun

"The first major scholarly history of the important South Indian mural tradition in the early modern period, and a reconception of their role in negotiating the

This book explores the material religion of contemporary Shimla, a vibrant postcolonial city, famed for its colonial heritage, set against the backdrop of the N

Comparing amulets over time and space, this volume focuses on the function of written words on these fascinating artefacts. Ranging from Roman Egypt to the Midd