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Leprosy and a life in South India : journeys with a Tamil Brahmin / James Staples.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Plymouth, United Kingdom : Lexington Books, [2014]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780739187357
  • 073918735X
  • 1306875072
  • 9781306875073
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 614.5460954 23
LOC classification:
  • RC154.7.I4
NLM classification:
  • WC 335
Online resources:
Contents:
Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- To the City -- Bombay -- Reunions -- Anandapuram -- Good Times -- The Rise ... -- The Fall ... -- Moving On -- The Wheel Keeps Turning -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as many hours of interviews, Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin documents the life story of Das, a South Indian Brahmin born in the newly postcolonial India of the early 1950s. After being diagnosed with leprosy, Das spent over a decade on the streets of Bombay and Madras learning to survive as an unofficial station porter, bellhop, and sometimes tourist guide. Das's story unfolds against a backdrop of everyday violence and hardship in South India.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as many hours of interviews, Leprosy and a Life in South India: Journeys with a Tamil Brahmin documents the life story of Das, a South Indian Brahmin born in the newly postcolonial India of the early 1950s. After being diagnosed with leprosy, Das spent over a decade on the streets of Bombay and Madras learning to survive as an unofficial station porter, bellhop, and sometimes tourist guide. Das's story unfolds against a backdrop of everyday violence and hardship in South India.

Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Beginnings -- To the City -- Bombay -- Reunions -- Anandapuram -- Good Times -- The Rise ... -- The Fall ... -- Moving On -- The Wheel Keeps Turning -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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