Guru Sex: Charisma, Proxemic Desire, and the Haptic Logics of the Guru-Disciple Relationship
This article analyzes how the religious desire proximity to that which is believed to be a source of or a conduit for the sacred. Within the South Asian context, this desire manifests socially in devotees' attempts to touch the guru, to be close to the guru, to eat the guru's leftover food...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
[2018]
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Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 86, Issue: 4, Pages: 953-988 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Hinduism
/ Guruism
/ Teacher
/ Pupil
/ Sexual fantasy
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| RelBib Classification: | AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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