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050 0 0 _aDS485.
_bSIN 2015
100 1 _aSingh, Bhrigupati,
_eauthor.
_d1979 -
245 1 0 _aPoverty and the quest for life :
_bspiritual and material striving in rural India /
_cBhrigupati Singh.
264 1 _aChicago :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c2015.
300 _axiii, 335 pages :
_billustrations, map ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index.
505 0 _aFirst impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra-Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- The coarse and the fine : contours of a slow-moving crisis -- Contracts, bonds, and bonded labor -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations : neighborliness between humans, animals, and gods -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view.
520 _aThe Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe." The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces.
650 0 _aRural poor
_zIndia
_zRajasthan.
650 0 _aEthnology
_zIndia
_zRajasthan.
651 0 _aRajasthan (India)
_xSocial conditions.
651 0 _aRajasthan (India)
_xSocial life and customs.
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