Gandhi's body
sex, diet, and the politics of nationalism
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Author
Publication
2000 - University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Language
English
Word Count
51,750 words, Guess
Page Count
207 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6779202M
- ISBN-100812235568
- OCLC Control Number43569561
- OCLC Control Numbergandhisbodysexdi0000alte
- Library of Congress Control Number00023421
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- LibraryThing1121475
- Goodreads2098734
Classifications
- DDC954.03/5/092
- LCCDS480.45 .A782 2000
Description
"Joseph Alter argues, that Gandhi has not been completely understood by biographers and political scholars, and in Gandhi's Body he undertakes a reevaluation of the Mahatma's life and thought. In his revisionist and iconoclastic approach, Alter moves away from the usual focus on nonviolence, peace, and social reform and takes seriously what most scholars who have studied Gandhi tend to ignore: Gandhi's pre-occupation with sex, his obsession with diet reform, and his vehement advocacy for naturopathy. Alter concludes that a distinction cannot be made among Gandhi's concern with health, his faith in nonviolence, and his sociopolitical agenda."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Critical histories
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