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100 _aKent, Eliza F.
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245 _aSacred groves and local gods:
_breligion and environmentalism in South India /
_cKent, eliza F.
260 _bOxford Univ. Press ,
_c2013.
_aOxford Univ. Press:
300 _aix, 236 p.
520 _aDrawing on fieldwork conducted in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu over seven years, Eliza F. Kent offers a compelling examination of the religious and social context in which south India's sacred groves take on meaning for the villagers who maintain them, and shows how they have become objects of fascination and hope for Indian environmentalists.
650 _aSacred groves-India-Tamil Nadu.
_97988
650 _aForest conservation -- Social aspects -- India -- Tamil Nadu.
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