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" Gandhi's body : "
Joseph S. Alter
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BL
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635896
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Alter, Joseph S
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Gandhi's body : : sex, diet, and the politics of nationalism /\ Joseph S. Alter
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: University of Pennsylvania Press,, c2000
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| Series Statement
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Critical histories
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xviii, 207 p. ;; 23 cm
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0812235568 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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Gandhi,1869-1948
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Nationalism-- India
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Sexual ethics-- India
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Medicine, Ayurvedic
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Diet-- India
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India, Politics and government, 20th century
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| Dewey Classification
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954.03/5/092
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DS480.45.A782 2000
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