Ambientato in Sardegna, Sing Me Back Home esplora la lingua e la cultura attraverso la scrittura di canzoni come metodo etnografico. Kristina Jacobsen si chiede, dopo tredici mesi di lavoro etnografico sul campo durante i quali ha scritto canzoni con musicisti, artigiani, pastori, poeti e attivisti linguistici sardi: Come vengono narrate le vite e le ideologie linguistiche sarde sullo sfondo della musica americana? Il libro mostra come i musicisti sardi cantino la loro storia tra le righe. Rivela come le canzoni sarde diventino un sito di trasduzione in cui, attraverso il processo di scrittura, registrazione ed esecuzione delle canzoni, l'energia di un genere musicale e di una cultura linguistica venga sfruttata per indicarne un altro molto pił vicino a casa.

Objects of worship are an aspect of the material dimension of lived religion in South Asia. The omnipresence of these objects and their use is a theme which cuts across the religious traditions in the pluralistic religious culture of the region. Divine power becomes manifest in the objects and for the devotees they may represent power regardless of religious identity.

This book looks at how objects of worship dominate the religious landscape of South Asia, and in what ways they are of significance not just from religious perspectives but also for the social life of the region. The contributions to the book show how these objects are shaped by traditions of religious aesthetics and have become conceptual devices woven into webs of religious and social meaning. They demonstrate how the objects have a social relationship with those who use them, sometimes even treated as being alive. The book discusses how devotees relate to such objects in a number of ways, and even if the objects belong to various traditions they may attract people from different communities and can also be contested in various ways.

By analysing the specific qualities that make objects eligible for a status and identity as living objects of worship, the book contributes to an understanding of the central significance of these objects in the religious and social life of South Asia. It will be of interest to students and scholars of Religious Studies and South Asian Religion, Culture and Society.