In this detailed, well-written study, Gold not only examines the institution of pilgrimage in India, but she also focuses on the experiences of people involved in it. Pilgrims from a Hindu village clearly express their views-- discussing lives, homes, personal values, and ways of worship. Gold explores the theme of death and its connection with pilgrimage. She also treats women's roles in popular Hinduism's rituals and stories. Ethnographically sound, Fruitful Journeys provides a superb example of humanistic reflection on the role of the fieldworker, suitable for readers of all backgrounds interested in the anthropology and religion of India.
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"A wonderful book, one that anyone interested in India will want to read..." -- History of Religions
"An outstanding work . . . . Its ethnographic content is rich, its interpretations are evocative, and its prose felicitous. -- Contributions to Indian Sociology
"Fruitful Journeys is a lucid and insightful account of pilgrimage in India that marks a major advance." -- South Asia in Review
"Fruitful Journeys, the best anthropological study of Hinduism yet published, is a superb book..." -- Man
"Gold writes as an anthropologist, Indologist, and as a reflexively engaged observer and pilgrim..." -- American Ethnologist
"This fine book . . . . gives us a unique account of pilgrimage from the perspective of householders and their point of origin and return. -- American Anthropologist
"An outstanding work . . . . Its ethnographic content is rich, its interpretations are evocative, and its prose felicitous. -- Contributions to Indian Sociology
"Fruitful Journeys is a lucid and insightful account of pilgrimage in India that marks a major advance." -- South Asia in Review
"Fruitful Journeys, the best anthropological study of Hinduism yet published, is a superb book..." -- Man
"Gold writes as an anthropologist, Indologist, and as a reflexively engaged observer and pilgrim..." -- American Ethnologist
"This fine book . . . . gives us a unique account of pilgrimage from the perspective of householders and their point of origin and return. -- American Anthropologist
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This review is from: Fruitful Journeys : The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims (Paperback)
A caveat before buying, Fruitful Journeys is not intended to be a light Sunday read. Grozdin is an excellent anthropologist who, via participant observation, had produced one of the best anthropological ethnographies of modern pilgrimage available in the world today. Even if one is not interested in anthropology, the detail in which she describes the symbols, layers and rites of Hinduism at the village level is worth the price of the book. Despite this intricacy however, I contend that Fruitful Journeys remains highly accessible. Grozdin is not "one of the good ole boys", nor is her prose precocious or dense. Don't be scared off by the scholarly nature of this work.
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This review is from: Fruitful Journeys : The Ways of Rajasthani Pilgrims (Paperback)
This is a tough read. It is written in dense anthropological style, heavy with symbolism and steeped in nearly unintelligible post-modernism. The author writes like a "good-ole boy", though a woman. The good thing about the book is there are lots of Hindu, Rajasthani and Sanskrit tales and songs translated into English, and they seem to be true to the original meanings of Indian society. This is a good read, if you can ignore that it sounds like a man wrote it at the begining of the twentieth century.
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A pilgrim's journey, in India as elsewhere, is usually a round trip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sinking flowers, small pindas, bhajan party, cet cet cet, sweet flowering vines, car dham, multicolored string, bus pilgrimage, snake birth, possessed priest, regional shrines, faithful offerings, sixty thousand sons, coconut pieces, sealed pot, pilgrimage process, cow worship, bus owner, pilgrim company, lingering spirits, flour balls, goat play, sprouted grasses, peasant castes, crossing places Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ladu Ram, Path Mother, Dev Narayanji, Celebration of Ganga, Gopi Cand, Ganga's Bhairu, Calf Twelfth, Ganges Mother, Meditation Seat, Greedy One, Cave Baba, Garuda Purana, Inder Puja, Mavalya Mataji, Ram's Name, Shri Kalyanji, Uttar Pradesh, King Sagar, Gam Shyamji, Kapil Muni, King Bhagirath, Lord Jagdish, Hey Radha, Mother Ganges, Gulab Singh New!
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A pilgrim's journey, in India as elsewhere, is usually a round trip. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sinking flowers, small pindas, bhajan party, cet cet cet, sweet flowering vines, car dham, multicolored string, bus pilgrimage, snake birth, possessed priest, regional shrines, faithful offerings, sixty thousand sons, coconut pieces, sealed pot, pilgrimage process, cow worship, bus owner, pilgrim company, lingering spirits, flour balls, goat play, sprouted grasses, peasant castes, crossing places Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Ladu Ram, Path Mother, Dev Narayanji, Celebration of Ganga, Gopi Cand, Ganga's Bhairu, Calf Twelfth, Ganges Mother, Meditation Seat, Greedy One, Cave Baba, Garuda Purana, Inder Puja, Mavalya Mataji, Ram's Name, Shri Kalyanji, Uttar Pradesh, King Sagar, Gam Shyamji, Kapil Muni, King Bhagirath, Lord Jagdish, Hey Radha, Mother Ganges, Gulab Singh New!
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