Overview of To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Book

Anbu Nagar is a Dalit slum in the industrial sprawl of north Chennai. Attempting to grasp the connections between religion and everyday life in Anbu Nagar, Nathaniel Roberts shows us how what goes on in the street and at home gives meaning to religion and not just the reverse, as commonly supposed. To Be Cared For contests nationalist narratives of Christianity as a foreign ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community Christians and Hindus alike by mending moral fault lines that subtly pit women against one another and by fortifying slum dwellers in their shared struggle for humanity in a national context that denies it.

• Book Type :

Anthropology

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

306 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

8189059785

• To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Published On :

2015

• Resource:

Society & Social Sciences, Anthropology Books for Students, Teachers, Graudates, Professionals and all others

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