Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, September 9th, 1999
COLLINS, ELIZABETH FULLER. x, 246 pp., illus., bibliogr. DeKalb: Northern Illinois Univ. Press, 1997
Elizabeth Fuller Collins's ethnography of vow fulfilment among the Malaysian Hindu community of Panang is both a satisfying description of an often misunderstood set of religious practices and an important but curiously understated contribution to the reawakening debate about the nature of ritual. Understated because, except in the most gentle way, there is very little indication in the introduction to this fascinating book that its author is headed for deeper waters. What is promised there ...
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