Burning the Dead

Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition

Gebonden EN 2025 9789360808051
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Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement, space, identity, and affect, it examines how the so-called traditional practice of Hindu cremation on an open-air funeral pyre was culturally transformed and materially refashioned under British rule, following intense Western hostility, colonial sanitary acceptance, and Indian adaptation. David Arnold examines the critical reception of Hindu cremation abroad, particularly in Britain, where India formed a primary reference point for the cremation debates of the late nineteenth century, and explores the struggle for official recognition of cremation among Hindu and Sikh communities around the globe.

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ISBN13:9789360808051
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:268
Uitgever:Manohar Publishers and Distributors

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