The Wrestler’s Body |
Note on Translation |
Preface |
![]() | 1. Search and Research |
![]() | 2. The Akhara: Where Earth Is Turned Into Gold |
![]() | 3. Gurus and Chelas: The Alchemy of Discipleship |
![]() | 4. The Patron and the Wrestler |
![]() | 5. The Discipline of the Wrestler’s Body |
![]() | 6. Nag Panchami: Snakes, Sex, and Semen |
![]() | 7. Wrestling Tournaments and the Body’s Recreation |
• | Introduction |
• | The Weekly Bout |
• | Dangal Organization and Sponsorship |
• | Swagat |
• | Nam Kamana |
• | Intermediary Conclusions: From Thick to Thin |
• | The Art of Wrestling |
• | Naturalization and deification |
• | The Dangal as Cultural Critique |
• | Conclusion |
![]() | 8. Hanuman: Shakti, Bhakti, and Brahmacharya |
![]() | 9. The Sannyasi and the Wrestler |
![]() | 10. Utopian Somatics and Nationalist Discourse |
11. The Individual Re-Formed |
Plates |
The Nature of Wrestling Nationalism |
Glossary |
Bibliography |