Lines in Water: Religious Boundaries in South Asia (Gender and Globalization)

The essays in this collection investigate the projections and fantasies, conflict and cooperation, and borrowing and purifying that take place around religious boundaries in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. In doing so, the authors illustrate how people negotiate social divisions constructed on the basis of religious differences by maintaining, blending, and blurring those religious boundaries in a variety of ways. Approaching religious traditions from a diversity of perspectives including healing and pilgrimage practices, artistic performances, and national holidays, the authors highlight the fascinating range of South Asian religious and cultural traditions.