Elison, William.

The neighborhood of gods : the sacred and the visible at the margins of Mumbai / William Elison. - 2018 - xiii, 315 p. : ill., ; 23 cm. - South Asia across the disciplines . - South Asia across the disciplines. .

includes bibliographical references and index.

Potemkin village: spaces and surfaces at a film studio -- Concrete spirits: religious structures on the public streets -- Secular saint: Sai Baba of Shirdi and Darshan in the city -- Urban tribal: at home in filmistan -- Expanding contract: tribal space and official knowledge -- Immanent domains: exhibits and evidence in the forest.

9780226494876 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780226494906 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Motion pictures --Mumbai.--India


Mumbai (India) --Religion.

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