Alter, Joseph S. <br/><br/>
Gandhi's Body :  Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (226 pages) 
 - Critical Histories Series .
 - Critical Histories Series .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface: History, Body, Culture -- PART I. RETHINKING THE MAHATMA -- Chapter 1. Gandhi's Body, Gandhi's Truth -- Chapter 2. The Ethereal Politics of the Mahatma's Fasts -- PART II. NATIONALISM, TRANSNATIONALISM, AND THE EMBODIED SELF -- Chapter 3. Nature Cure and Yoga: Transnational Experiments with Ether and Hydrotherapy -- Chapter 4. Surya Namaskar-Salute to Village Democracy -- Chapter 5. Somatic Nationalism: Gama the Great, Another Heroic Indian -- Conclusion: Post-Gandhian Somatics: Auto-Urine Therapy -- Glossary -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> "This brilliant and infuriating book is the latest intriguing offering from one of the most original anthropologists working. . . . It offers us unpredictable and illuminating interpretations of classical material."--Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812204742 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gandhi,-Mahatma,-1869-1948.<br/>Diet-India.<br/>Medicine, Ayurvedic.<br/>Nationalism-India.<br/>Sexual ethics-India.<br/>India-Politics and government-20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS480.45 -- .A782 2000eb