Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement, space, identity, and affect, it examines how the so-called traditional practice of Hindu cremation on an open-air funeral pyre was culturally transformed and materially refashioned under British rule, following intense Western hostility, colonial sanitary acceptance, and Indian adaptation.
David Arnold examines the critical reception of Hindu cremation abroad, particularly in Britain, where India formed a primary reference point for the cremation debates of the late nineteenth century, and explores the struggle for official recognition of cremation among Hindu and Sikh communities around the globe.
| ISBN: | 9789360808051 |
| Publication date: | 15th July 2025 |
| Author: | David Arnold |
| Publisher: | Manohar Publishers and Distributors an imprint of Manohar Publishers & Distributors |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Genres: |
Asian history Anthropology |
Burning the Dead traces the evolution of cremation in India and the South Asian diaspora across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Through interconnected histories of movement, space, identity, and affect, it examines how the so-called traditional practice of Hindu cremation on an open-air funeral pyre was culturally transformed and materially refashioned under British rule, following intense Western hostility, colonial sanitary acceptance, and Indian adaptation.
Burning the Dead features in the following genres: Asian history, Anthropology
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Burning the Dead was written by David Arnold and published by Manohar Publishers and Distributors an imprint of Manohar Publishers & Distributors
Burning the Dead has 268 pages
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