To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum - Couverture souple

Roberts, Nathaniel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520288823 ISBN 13 : 9780520288829

Editeur : University of California Press, 2016

Synopsis

To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a "foreign" ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community--Christians and Hindus alike--by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."

Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies' #AsiaNow blog.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nathaniel Roberts is Research Fellow at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520288823
• ISBN 13: 9780520288829
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 306
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• Personne responsable: non disponible