B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal

Tamil Hindus in Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia [book review]




AuthorsMartikainen, Tuomas

PublisherInforma UK Limited

Publication year2007

JournalJournal of Contemporary Religion

Journal name in sourceJournal of Contemporary Religion

Volume22

Issue2

First page 280

Last page282

ISSN1353-7903

eISSN1469-9419

DOIhttps://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1080/13537900701331106(external)

Web address http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13537900701331106(external)


Abstract

Tempel und Tamilen in zweiter Heimat (“Temples and Tamils in their second home country”) is an ambitious attempt to bring the Tamil diaspora to the academic agenda alongside Islam and other religions of recent immigrant origin. The book consists of 15 articles, of which eleven are written in German and four in English. There are also summaries of all articles in English and a deeply touching translation Kallaru Satheesh novel “Who is the enemy?” that discusses the position of women in diaspora. Furthermore, the book includes 24 colour prints of mainly temple activities and processions. Altogether ten researchers from Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden have contributed to the volume.

Book review: Tempel und Tamilen in zweiter Heimat: Hindus aus Sri Lanka im deutschsprachigen und skandinavischen Raum. Martin Baumann, Brigitte Luchesi & Annette Wilke (Eds.). Würzburg: Ergon Verlag. 2003. 500 p. 45 €. ISBN 3-89913-300-5.



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