{"product_id":"wandering-with-sadhus-ascetics-in-the-hindu-himalayas-paperback-softback-9780253219497","title":"Wandering with Sadhus; Ascetics in the Hindu Himalayas (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253219497","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWandering with Sadhus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAscetics in the Hindu Himalayas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSondra L. Hausner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253219497\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 December 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e272 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wandering with Sadhus will be of interest to students and scholars who are interested in any of a number of subjects: meditation, yoga, sacrifice, Vedanta, gender, bhakti, pilgrimage, body, space, desire, and liberation. It will have broad appeal, and yet it treats its subject matter in depth. Beautifully written, it is also a wonderful contribution to the fields of anthropology and religion.\"—Lindsey Harlan, \u003ci\u003eConnecticut College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Wandering with Sadhus is a nuanced, humane, and evocative study of Hindu renouncers in South Asia. It is also a theoretically powerful contribution to anthropological scholarship on bodies in culture, the intricacies of social organization in South Asia, and the lived practice of a complex religious system.\"—Ernestine McHugh, author of Love and Honor in the Himalayas: Coming to Know Another Culture\u003cbr\u003e \"Will be of interest to students and scholars who are interested in any of a number of subjects: meditation, yoga, sacrifice, Vedanta, gender, bhakti, pilgrimage, body, space, desire, and liberation. Beautifully written, it is also a wonderful contribution to the fields of anthropology and religion.\"—Lindsey Harlan, \u003ci\u003eConnecticut College\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this moving ethnographic portrait of Hindu renouncers—\u003ci\u003esadhus\u003c\/i\u003e or ascetics—in northern India and Nepal, Sondra L. Hausner considers a paradox that shapes their lives: while ostensibly defined by their solitary spiritual practice, the stripping away of social commitments, and their break with family and community, renouncers in fact regularly interact with \"householder\" society. They form a distinctive, alternative community with its own internal structure, but one that is not located in any single place. Highly mobile and dispersed across the subcontinent, its members are regularly brought together through pilgrimage circuits on festival cycles. Drawing on many years of fieldwork, Hausner presents intimate portraits of individual \u003ci\u003esadhus\u003c\/i\u003e as she examines the shared views of space, time, and the body that create the ground for everyday experience. Written with an extraordinary blend of empathy, compassion, and anthropological insight, this study will appeal to scholars, students, and general readers alike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Wandering with Renouncers\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Body and Sadhu Society\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Social Structures of Sadhu Life\u003cbr\u003e 3. Hardwar: The Ground of Space\u003cbr\u003e 4. Allahabad: The Community in Time\u003cbr\u003e 5. Kathmandu: The Body in Place\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Culture of Hindu Renunciation\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Literatures on Renunciation and Embodiment\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525934903576,"sku":"9780253219497","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/wandering-with-sadhus-ascetics-in-the-hindu-himalayas-paperback-softback-9780253219497","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}