This intriguing book engages with the concept of the body in its cultural context by acknowledging and demonstrating that the human body is understood differently in Western and Indian cultures. The contributors go on to show that any attempt to put forward a single concept of the body within Indian culture would be misleading. It examines the considerable and often conflicting variations in body images and body concepts, focusing on the representation of the body in religious and philosophical texts; the role of the body in narratives and ritual performance; and visualisation processes of the body with respect to developments in modern and contemporary periods.
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