03607nam 2200757Ia 450 991052612870332120200520144314.01-281-95875-197866119587560-8135-4596-X10.36019/9780813545967(CKB)1000000000692381(EBL)380805(OCoLC)437241552(SSID)ssj0000266947(PQKBManifestationID)11193737(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266947(PQKBWorkID)10305030(PQKB)11571045(OCoLC)301797166(MdBmJHUP)muse8222(DE-B1597)530209(DE-B1597)9780813545967(Au-PeEL)EBL380805(CaPaEBR)ebr10264151(CaONFJC)MIL195875(OCoLC)1058067494(MiAaPQ)EBC380805(EXLCZ)99100000000069238120080411d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrVeins of devotion blood donation and religious experience in north India /Jacob Copeman1st ed.New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Pressc20091 online resource (254 p.)Studies in medical anthropologyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8135-4449-1 0-8135-4448-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index.Introduction -- Generative generosity -- The reform of the gift -- Devotion and donation -- Blood donation in the zone of religious spectacles -- Utility saints and donor-soldiers -- The nehruvian gift -- Conclusion.According to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up. Veins of Devotion details recent collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. Focusing primarily on Delhi, Jacob Copeman carefully situates the practice within the context of religious gift-giving, sacrifice, caste, kinship, and nationalism. The book analyzes the operations of several high-profile religious orders that organize large-scale public blood-giving events and argues that blood donation has become a site not only of frenetic competition between different devotional movements, but also of intense spiritual creativity. Despite tensions between blood banks and these religious groups, their collaboration is a remarkable success storyùthe nation's blood supply is replenished while blood donors discover new devotional possibilities. Studies in medical anthropology.BloodCollection and preservationIndiaDelhiBlood donorsIndiaDelhiBloodSocial aspectsIndiaDelhiBloodReligious aspectsKinshipIndiaDelhiBloodCollection and preservationBlood donorsBloodSocial aspectsBloodReligious aspects.Kinship615/.39095456Copeman Jacob1120313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910526128703321Veins of Devotion2699797UNINA