Poverty and the Quest for Life
Spiritual and Material Striving In Rural India
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9780199459667
Publication date:
13/07/2015
Hardback
352 pages
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ISBN:
9780199459667
Publication date:
13/07/2015
Hardback
352 pages
Bhrigupati Singh
The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the dwindling forests of the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. Beset by droughts and food shortages in recent years, it is the home of the Sahariyas, former bonded laborers, officially classified as Rajasthan's only "primitive tribe". From afar, we might consider this the bleakest of the bleak, but in Poverty and the Quest for Life, Bhrigupati Singh asks us to reconsider just what quality of life means. He shows how the Sahariyas conceive of aspiration, advancement, and vitality in both material and spiritual terms, and how such bridging can engender new possibilities of life.
Suitable for: This book will appeal to both scholars and students of sociology, anthropology, development studies, cultural studies, conflict and peace studies, political science, and NGOs and journalists.
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Bhrigupati Singh
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Bhrigupati Singh
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- Winner of the 2015 Joseph W. Elder Prize in Indian Social Sciences
Bhrigupati Singh
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