Wandering with Sadhus

Name: Wandering with Sadhus
Brand: Indiana University Press
SKU: 9780253219497
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Ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas

Autor: Sondra L. Hausner

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Editura: Indiana University Press

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In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers or sadhus or ascetics in northern India and...

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Autor

Sondra L. Hausner

Limbă

engleză

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Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2007

Pagini

272

EAN

9780253219497

ISBN

0253219493

Enbook ID

04870920

Editura

Indiana University Press

Greutate

436

Dimensiuni

164 x 237 x 20

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In this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers or sadhus or ascetics in northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family and community, renouncers in fact regularly interact with 'householder' society. They form a distinctive, alternative community with its own internal structure, but one that is not located in any single place. Highly mobile and dispersed across the subcontinent, its members are regularly brought together through pilgrimage circuits on festival cycles. Drawing on many years of fieldwork, Hausner presents intimate portraits of individual sadhus as she examines the shared views of space, time, and the body that create the ground for everyday experience. Written with an extraordinary blend of empathy, compassion, and anthropological insight, this study will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers alike.

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