Shiva's Other Children: Religion and Social Identity Amongst Overseas Indians.

Introduction PART ONE: CONTEXTS: THE HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY OF MELAKA'S INDIAN CONNECTION The Creation of a Malaysian Indian Population Urban Space, Urban Process On Structured Structures PART TWO: THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE: CONTEMPORARY PATTERNS Domestic Relations and Identity Domestic Ritual and Domestic Space Practice and Social Identity Sacred Space, Cultural Space Hindu Temples and the Reproduction of Identity Temple Practice Reproducing the Cosmic Order and Reproducing the Social Order Mahabharata as Metaphor Sai Baba and Shivaratri Conclusion Ritual and Context Dialectics and Structure