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040 _aDPL
_bEnglish
082 _a305.56909544
100 _aBhrigupati Singh
245 _aPoverty and the quest for life :
_bspiritual and material striving in rural India /
_cby Bhrigupati Singh
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
270 _aYMCA Library Building, 1 Jai Singh Road
_bNew Delhi
_e110001
300 _axiii,335p. :
_c23cm(Hb)
_bill.,map
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 311-329) and index.
505 _a First impressions, and further -- The headless horseman of central India : sovereignty at varying thresholds of life -- Mitra-Varuna : state power and powerlessness -- The coarse and the fine : contours of a slow-moving crisis -- Contracts, bonds, and bonded labor -- Erotics and agonistics : intensities deeper than deep play -- Divine migrations : neighborliness between humans, animals, and gods -- The waxing and waning life of Kalli -- Bansi mahatmaya (the greatness of Bansi), an erotic ascetic -- Departure, and marriages and deaths -- The quality of life : a daemonic view.
650 _a Rural poor
_zIndia
_zRajasthan.
650 _a Ethnology
_zIndia
_zRajasthan.
651 _a Rajasthan (India)
_xSocial conditions.
651 _aRajasthan (India)
_xSocial life and customs.
942 _adpl
_cEN
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_mBHR
_h305.56909544