This book analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance.
This book analyzes the folk songs from the Bhojpuri-speaking regions of North India to explore how ideas of gender, caste, and class are socially constructed, transmitted, questioned, and reaffirmed through their performance.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Smita Tewari Jassal is Associate Professor Anthropology, Graduate School of Social Sciences at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey. She is the author of Daughters of the Earth: Women and Land in Uttar Pradesh and is coauthor of The Partition Motif In Contemporary Conflicts: Germany, India-Pakistan, Israel-Palestine.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation xvii Introduction. The Unsung Sing 1 1. The Daily Grind 33 2. Singing Bargains 71 3. Biyah/Biraha: Emotions in a Rite of Passage 115 4. Sita's Trials 155 5. When War is Marriage 189 6. Taking Liberties 219 Conclusion. Taking Liberties 219 Notes 261 Glossary 271 Bibliography 277 Index 289
Acknowledgments xi Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation xvii Introduction. The Unsung Sing 1 1. The Daily Grind 33 2. Singing Bargains 71 3. Biyah/Biraha: Emotions in a Rite of Passage 115 4. Sita's Trials 155 5. When War is Marriage 189 6. Taking Liberties 219 Conclusion. Taking Liberties 219 Notes 261 Glossary 271 Bibliography 277 Index 289
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