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.


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