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The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially classified as Rajasthan's only primitive tribe. The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces.

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"A brilliant ethnographic exploration.... Singh provides deep insights into the economics of survival, caste relations, forms of worship, and the ethics of sexual passion, never shying away from the problem of describing evanescent phenomena that escape more flatfooted authors or from the meat-and-potatoes aspects of economics." (Michael Herzfeld, author of Evicted from Eternity)"

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 06/04/2015
      ISBN13: 9780226194400, 978-0226194400
      ISBN10: 022619440X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Indian subdistrict of Shahabad, located in the southeastern tip of Rajasthan, is an area of extreme poverty. It is home to the Sahariyas, officially classified as Rajasthan's only primitive tribe. The author organizes his study around two themes: power and ethics, through which he explores a complex terrain of material and spiritual forces.

      Trade Review
      "A brilliant ethnographic exploration.... Singh provides deep insights into the economics of survival, caste relations, forms of worship, and the ethics of sexual passion, never shying away from the problem of describing evanescent phenomena that escape more flatfooted authors or from the meat-and-potatoes aspects of economics." (Michael Herzfeld, author of Evicted from Eternity)"

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