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Recipes for Immortality

Recipes for Immortality
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780195335231
ISBN-13 : 0195335236
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Book Synopsis Recipes for Immortality by : Richard S Weiss

Download or read book Recipes for Immortality written by Richard S Weiss and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Weiss seeks to illuminate the present success of traditional doctors by examining the ways that siddha practitioners in Tamil South India have won the trust and patronage of patients. They do this, he shows, by offering affiliation to a timeless and pure community, the fantasy of a Tamil utopia, and even the prospect of immortality.


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