Poverty and the quest for life : spiritual and material striving in rural India /
Singh, Bhrigupati.
Poverty and the quest for life : spiritual and material striving in rural India / Bhrigupati Singh. - xiii, 335 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index.
First impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations and human relations -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli, a warrior-activist -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view.
9780226194547 (pbk.)
2014016325
GBB496709 bnb
016862813 Uk
Rural poor--India--Rajasthan.
Ethnology--India--Rajasthan.
Rajasthan (India)--Social conditions.
Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs.
DS485.R25 / S56 2015
305.56909544 Si64P
Poverty and the quest for life : spiritual and material striving in rural India / Bhrigupati Singh. - xiii, 335 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm.
Formerly CIP.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index.
First impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations and human relations -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli, a warrior-activist -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view.
9780226194547 (pbk.)
2014016325
GBB496709 bnb
016862813 Uk
Rural poor--India--Rajasthan.
Ethnology--India--Rajasthan.
Rajasthan (India)--Social conditions.
Rajasthan (India)--Social life and customs.
DS485.R25 / S56 2015
305.56909544 Si64P