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Author:
Copeman, Jacob. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2008026510
Title:
Veins of devotion : blood donation and religious experience in north India / Jacob Copeman.
Publisher:
Rutgers University Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Blood--Collection and preservation--Delhi.--Delhi.
Blood donors--Delhi.--Delhi.
Blood--Social aspects--Delhi.--Delhi.
Blood--Religious aspects.
Kinship--Delhi.--Delhi.
Blood Donors--ethics.
Blood Specimen Collection--ethics.
Consumer Participation.
Hinduism.
Religion and Medicine.
India.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-225) and index.
Contents:
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.
Series:
Studies in medical anthropology
ISBN:
0813544491
9780813544496
0813544483
9780813544489
OCLC:
(OCoLC)225090147
LCCN:
2008016733
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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