Kirin Narayan

Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels

Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching

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Produktbeschreibung

Supplements eight folk narratives with discussion of audience participation and response as well as relevant Hindu themes.

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Kirin Narayan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1989
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9780812212693
• ISBN-10: 081221269X
• Artikelnr.: 21810348

Autorenporträt

Kirin Narayan is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transliteration
Introduction
I. ORIENTATIONS
1. There's Always a Reason
2. Lives and Stories
3. Sadhus
4. The Listeners
II. STORYTELLING OCCASIONS
5. Loincloths and Celibacy
6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples
7. Death and Laughter
8. Heaven and Hell
9. The Divine Storyteller
III. CONCLUSIONS
10. The World of the Stories
11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching
Epilogue
Appendices
1. Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms
2. Map of India
Notes
Bibliography
Index