Veins of devotion
Subtitle: blood donation and religious experience in north India
By: Jacob Copeman.
Series: Studies in medical anthropology
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780813544489; 9780813544496
Subjects: Directed blood donations -- India -- Delhi; Blood donors -- India -- Delhi; Blood -- Social aspects -- India -- Delhi; Blood -- Religious aspects; Kinship -- India -- Delhi
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Generative generosity; title: Parasiting the gift; title: Devotion and donation; title: Blood donation in the zone of religious spectacles; title: Utility saints and donor-soldiers; title: The nehruvian gift; title: Conclusion.