Veins of devotion blood donation and religious experience in north India
Veins of Devotion tells the story of recent remarkable collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. Focusing primarily on Delhi, Jacob Copeman carefully situates blood donation practices within the context o...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New Brunswick, N.J.
Rutgers University Press
©2009, 2009
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| Series: | Studies in medical anthropology
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index
- Introduction
- Generative generosity
- The reform of the gift
- Devotion and donation
- Blood donation in the zone of religious spectacles
- Utility saints and donor-soldiers
- The nehruvian gift
- Conclusion