TY - BOOK AU - Singh,Bhrigupati TI - Poverty and the quest for life: spiritual and material striving in rural India SN - 9780226194547 (pbk.) AV - DS485.R25 S56 2015 U1 - 305.56909544 Si64P 23 KW - Rural poor KW - India KW - Rajasthan KW - Ethnology KW - Rajasthan (India) KW - Social conditions KW - Social life and customs N1 - 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 ER -