COVID-Curing Kali Syrup and the Stubborn Subaltern: Resisting Elite Restrictions with a Popular Goddess.
When Sri Lanka entered a lockdown at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a frustrated public was forbidden from engaging in customary pilgrimages and temple visits, with access reserved only for political elites. In the process, the government created a large religious subaltern class in need of div...
| Publicado en: | Asian Ethnology Vol. 84; no. 2; pp. 335 - 358 |
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Nanzan University
2025
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