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    Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition
    Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition
    Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition
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    Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition

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    Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement, space, identity, and affect, it examines how the so-called traditional practice of Hindu cremation on an open-air funeral pyre was culturally transformed and materially refashioned under British rule, following intense Western hostility, colonial sanitary acceptance, and Indian adaptation. David Arnold examines the critical reception of Hindu cremation abroad, particularly in Britain, where India formed a primary reference point for the cremation debates of the late nineteenth century, and explores the struggle for official recognition of cremation among Hindu and Sikh communities around the globe. Above all, Arnold foregrounds the growing public presence and assertive political use made of Hindu cremation, its increasing social inclusivity, and its close identification with Hindu reform movements and modern Indian nationhood.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of California Press
    Release dateFeb 2, 2021
    ISBN9780520976641
    Burning the Dead: Hindu Nationhood and the Global Construction of Indian Tradition
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    David Arnold

    David Arnold has been the senior pastor of Community Christian Church in Columbus, OH for the past 10 years. Born in 1955 he did not accept Christ as his savior until 1987. Before that he was a wretched sinner. Since his salvation he spent 12 years on the road with his wife Cathy. She would sing country gospel and he would preach in nearly every setting and church imaginable. God has blessed him with a beautiful wife and daughter, a loving congregation, friends he can rely on and 3 wonderful cats.  

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