LEADER 03607nam 2200757Ia 450 001 9910526128703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-95875-1 010 $a9786611958756 010 $a0-8135-4596-X 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813545967 035 $a(CKB)1000000000692381 035 $a(EBL)380805 035 $a(OCoLC)437241552 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000266947 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11193737 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000266947 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10305030 035 $a(PQKB)11571045 035 $a(OCoLC)301797166 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8222 035 $a(DE-B1597)530209 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813545967 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL380805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10264151 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL195875 035 $a(OCoLC)1058067494 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC380805 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000692381 100 $a20080411d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVeins of devotion $eblood donation and religious experience in north India /$fJacob Copeman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (254 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in medical anthropology 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4449-1 311 $a0-8135-4448-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-225) and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aAccording to public health orthodoxy, blood for transfusion is safer when derived from voluntary, nonremunerated donors. As developing nations phase out compensated blood collection efforts to comply with this current policy, many struggle to keep their blood stores up. Veins of Devotion details recent collaborations between guru-led devotional movements and public health campaigns to encourage voluntary blood donation in northern India. Focusing primarily on Delhi, Jacob Copeman carefully situates the practice within the context of religious gift-giving, sacrifice, caste, kinship, and nationalism. The book analyzes the operations of several high-profile religious orders that organize large-scale public blood-giving events and argues that blood donation has become a site not only of frenetic competition between different devotional movements, but also of intense spiritual creativity. Despite tensions between blood banks and these religious groups, their collaboration is a remarkable success storyłthe nation's blood supply is replenished while blood donors discover new devotional possibilities. 410 0$aStudies in medical anthropology. 606 $aBlood$xCollection and preservation$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aBlood donors$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aBlood$xSocial aspects$zIndia$zDelhi 606 $aBlood$xReligious aspects 606 $aKinship$zIndia$zDelhi 615 0$aBlood$xCollection and preservation 615 0$aBlood donors 615 0$aBlood$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBlood$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aKinship 676 $a615/.39095456 700 $aCopeman$b Jacob$01120313 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910526128703321 996 $aVeins of Devotion$92699797 997 $aUNINA