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1 online resource (xviii, 207 pages) |
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Critical Histories |
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Critical histories.
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Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: History, Body, Culture; PART I. RETHINKING THE MAHATMA; Chapter 1. Gandhi's Body, Gandhi's Truth; Chapter 2. The Ethereal Politics of the Mahatma's Fasts; PART II. NATIONALISM, TRANSNATIONALISM, AND THE EMBODIED SELF; Chapter 3. Nature Cure and Yoga: Transnational Experiments with Ether and Hydrotherapy; Chapter 4. Surya Namaskar-Salute to Village Democracy; Chapter 5. Somatic Nationalism: Gama the Great, Another Heroic Indian; Conclusion: Post-Gandhian Somatics: Auto-Urine Therapy; Glossary; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K |
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LM; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments |
Summary |
"This brilliant and infuriating book is the latest intriguing offering from one of the most original anthropologists working ... It offers us unpredictable and illuminating interpretations of classical material."--Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute |
Analysis |
"Multi-User" |
Notes |
OldControl:muse9780812204742 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
In English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
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SUBJECT |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 fast |
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Diet -- India
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Medicine, Ayurvedic.
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Sexual ethics -- India
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Nationalism -- India.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
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Diet
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Medicine, Ayurvedic
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Nationalism
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Politics and government
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Sexual ethics
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SUBJECT |
India -- Politics and government -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064942
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Subject |
India
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780812204742 |
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0812204743 |
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