Veins of devotion : blood donation and religious experience in north India /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Copeman, Jacob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009.
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
Temas:
Blood > Collection and preservation > India > Delhi.
Blood donors > India > Delhi.
Blood > Social aspects > India > Delhi.
Blood > Religious aspects.
Kinship > India > Delhi.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Blood Donors > ethics
Blood Specimen Collection > ethics
Community Participation
Hinduism
Religion and Medicine
Sang > Collecte et conservation > Inde > Delhi.
Sang > Aspect social > Inde > Delhi.
Sang > Aspect religieux.
Parenté > Inde > Delhi.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
RELIGION > Hinduism > General.
Medicine > Religious aspects
Blood > Collection and preservation
Blood donors
Blood > Religious aspects
Blood > Social aspects
Kinship
Blutspende
Religion
India
India > Delhi
Indien > Nord
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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