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



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