In the Presence of Sai Baba

by Srinivas, Smriti

• ISBN13: 9789004165434
• ISBN10: 9004165436
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-30
• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub

Summary

This book offers an account of the Sai Baba movement as a pathway for charting the varied cartographies, sensory formations, and cultural memories implicated in urbanization and globalization.It is based on ethnographic research carried out in India, Keny

Author Biography

Smriti Srinivas is Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Davis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Note on Translation	p. xi
List of Abbreviations	p. xiii
List of Figures, Maps, Tables, and Diagrams	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
The Mendicant of Shirdi	p. 23
The Arrival of the Avatar	p. 49
The Sense of the Presence	p. 76
Healing, Service, and Character	p. 111
The Ideal Polis	p. 162
Producing Space in Bangalore	p. 216
Somatic Regimes of Citizenship in Nairobi	p. 254
Sites of Sociality in Atlanta	p. 292
Conclusion	p. 333
Overseas Sai Centers and Groups	p. 347
Bibliography	p. 353
Index	p. 373
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