Mages, conjurers, acrobats, jinnes: vocation, profession, lifestyle. Reflections around the book: Zubrzycki J. Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns. A Magical History of India. New Delhi: Picador India, 2018. 457 p.
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-1-186-195
Supporting agencies: This study is done as a part of research by Svetlana Ryzhakova in Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science; the fieldwork material collected by Dr. Svetlana Ryzhakova within the project “Possession, devotion, performance. On the borders and interconnections of personal selfpossession, worship and artistic experience in Indian artistic traditions”, grant of Russian Foundation for Fundamental Researches, № 18-09-00389.
About the Author
S. I. Ryzhakova
Miklouho-Maclay Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Science
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana I. Ryzhakova, Dr. of Sci. (History)
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3. Zubrzycki, J. (2018), Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns. A Magical History of India, Picador India, New Delhi, India.
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Ryzhakova S.I. Mages, conjurers, acrobats, jinnes: vocation, profession, lifestyle. Reflections around the book: Zubrzycki J. Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns. A Magical History of India. New Delhi: Picador India, 2018. 457 p. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2021;(1):186-195. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2021-1-186-195
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