Gandhi's body : sex, diet, and the politics of nationalism
by
Alter, Joseph S.
Title
:
Gandhi's body : sex, diet, and the politics of nationalism
Author
:
Alter, Joseph S.
ISBN
:
9780812235562
Personal Author
:
Alter, Joseph S.
Publication Information
:
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2000.
Physical Description
:
xviii, 207 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
:
Critical histories
Series Title
:
Critical histories
Contents
:
Gandhi's body, Gandhi's truth -- The ethereal politics of the Mahatma's fasts -- Nature cure and yoga: transnational experiments with ether and hydrotherapy -- Surya Namaskar: salute to village democracy -- Somatic nationalism: Gama the great, another heroic Indian -- Post-Gandhian somatics: auto-urine therapy.
Personal Subject
:
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948.
Subject Term
:
Nationalism -- India.
Sexual ethics -- India.
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Diet -- India.
Political Systems.
Diet.
Sexual Abstinence.
Nationalisme.
Lichamelijkheid.
Geographic Term
:
India -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168023662949 | 954.035092 A466G 2000 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |