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Pellegrini Agata, Sguardo sull'India. Filosofie e religioni nella storia dell'India
2014
Adottando un taglio antropologico, il volume delinea un quadro delle filosofie e delle religioni dell'India in un arco di tempo che va dalla preistoria del continente a oggi. In an anthropological way, the book offers an history of filosofies and religions on India from prehistoric ages to contemporary ages.
Streghe per Covid. Le accuse di stregoneria in India durante la pandemia di Coronavirus
2020
This survey aims to present an initial assessment of the incidence of the phenomenon of witch-hunting in India during 2020, at a particularly dramatic historical moment marked by the outbreak of the Covid 19 pandemic. The data are partial, but indicative, and have been gathered through daily monitoring of the main Indian newspapers in English and some newspapers (national and local) in Hindi. In India, the belief in witches is a phenomenon that is linked to specific elements both of Hindu cults, whose devotional expressions and folkloric elements are rooted in the Vedic texts, and the belief systems of some indigenous communities. Indeed, although influenced by the expressions of the Hindu …
"We Want to live as women". Emozioni e riconoscimento di sé nell'autobiografia di una hijra
2019
A note on emotions and self-recognition through the analysis of Revathi's life, a member of the Indian traditional transgender community of the hijras