Seminal truth: A modern science of male celibacy in North India

Title: Seminal truth: A modern science of male celibacy in North India
Description: Shows how a discourse about sex, semen, and health is conceived of in terms of embodied truth through an examination of the popular Hindi literature on brahmacharya, interpreted within the context of therapeutic celibacy as put in practice by a modern yoga society.
Creator: Joseph S. Alter
Source: Medical Anthropology Quarterly. 11.3. Sept 1997. p. 275-298.
GN296 MAQ NO.3 1997.
Date: 1997
Contributor: seah
Format: Article journal

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Joseph S. Alter, “Seminal truth: A modern science of male celibacy in North India,” Rimbunan: Pangkalan Data Pengajian Melayu, accessed November 13, 2026, https://rimbunan.nusa.my/rimbun/items/show/14607.

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