Gandhi's Body: Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism

Joseph S. Alter

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2000

Gandhi's Body

Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism

Joseph S. Alter

In the series Critical Histories

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812204742

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About this book

"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

Author / Editor information

Joseph S. Alter teaches anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press.

Reviews

"Gandhi's Body introduces Gandhi in a fresh way. . . . This book respects and at the same time revises our understandings of Indian culture, and it connects politics and culture with health, bio-discipline, and governmentality in a manner that is accessible and useful."—David Ludden, editor of Contesting the Nation

"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

"Interesting, provocative, and highly recommended."—Choice

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface: History, Body, Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Part I. Rethinking the Mahatma
Chapter 1. Gandhi’s Body, Gandhi’s Truth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Chapter 2. The Ethereal Politics of the Mahatmas Fasts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
Part II. Nationalism, Transnationalism, and the Embodied Self
Chapter 3. Nature Cure and Yoga Transnational Experiments with Ether and Hydrotherapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
Chapter 4. Surya Namaskar-Salute to Village Democracy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
Chapter 5. Somatic Nationalism Gama the Great, Another Heroic Indian Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Conclusion: Post-Gandhian Somatics Auto-Urine Therapy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Glossary Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 216
Keywords: Biography; Political Science; Philosophy; History; Autobiography; European History; World History; Political Science; Public Policy

eBook

Published: June 7, 2011
ISBN: 9780812204742