 | Gandhi''s Body: Sex, Diet, and the Politics of Nationalism Subjects: India -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Nationalism -- India; Gandhi Mahatma 1869–1948; Sexual ethics -- India; Medicine Ayurvedic; Diet -- India; "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 Joseph S. Alter teaches anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh and is the author of Knowing Dil Das: Stories of a Himalayan Hunter, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. |
