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020 _z9780520288812 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _z9780520288829 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)945698191
040 _aMdBmJHUP
_cMdBmJHUP
050 0 0 _aBX8762.A45
_bI47 2016
082 0 0 _a289.9/4082095482
_223
100 1 _aRoberts, Nathaniel,
_d1970-
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTo be cared for
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe power of conversion and foreignness of belonging in an Indian slum /
_cNathaniel Roberts.
260 _aOakland, California :
_bUniversity of California Press,
_c[2016]
_e(Baltimore, Md. :
_fProject MUSE,
_g2015)
300 _a1 online resource (pages cm)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aThe Anthropology of Christianity ;
_v20
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aOutsiders -- Caste, care, and the human -- Sharing, caring, and supernatural attack -- Religion, conversion, and the national frame -- The logic of slum religion -- Pastoral power and the miracles of Christ -- Salvation, knowledge, and suffering.
520 _a"To Be Cared For offers a unique window into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. The book focuses 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, Roberts argues, conversion to Christianity serves to integrate the slum community--Christians and Hindus alike--by addressing hidden moral fault lines in the slum that subtly pit women against one another. Christians and Hindus in the slum are not opposed; they are united in a struggle to survive in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own homes."--Provided by publisher.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
650 0 _aHinduism
_xRelations
_xChristianity.
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions
_xHinduism.
650 0 _aSlums
_zIndia
_zChennai.
650 0 _aPentecostal women
_xReligious life
_zIndia
_zChennai.
650 0 _aDalit women
_xReligious life
_zIndia
_zChennai.
650 0 _aPentecostalism
_zIndia
_zChennai
_xHistory.
650 0 _aPentecostal churches
_zIndia
_zChennai.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aProject Muse.
830 0 _aAnthropology of Christianity ;
_v20.
830 0 _aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856 4 0 _zFull text available:
_uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/45721/
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Archaeology and Anthropology
945 _aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
999 _c1412
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