Jeanne Openshaw

Seeking Bauls of Bengal

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The author charts the rise of Bauls to their present iconic status as minstrels and mystics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 649g
• ISBN-13: 9780521811255
• ISBN-10: 0521811252
• Artikelnr.: 29337347

Autorenporträt

Jeanne Openshaw is lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Background: Literature on 'Bauls' and 'Baul-songs': 1. 'What's in a name?' The advent of 'the Baul'
2. The making of 'the Bauls': histories, themes, 'Baul-songs
Part II. In Search of 'Bauls': 3. Fieldwork in Rarh
4. Fieldwork in Bagri
Part III. Received Classifications: 5. Two shores, two refuges: householder and renouncer
6. Evading the two shores: the guru
Part IV. Reworking the Classifications: 7. Affect: love and women
8. Theory: images the 'I' and bartaman
Part V. Practice and Talking about Practice: 9. Practice (sadhana)
10. Four moons practice and talking about practice (hari-katha)
Conclusion.