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Gender and genre in the folklore of Middle India
- Title
- Gender and genre in the folklore of Middle India / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.
- Author
- Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter.
- Publication
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [1996], ©1996.
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- Description
- xxiii, 351 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Myth and poetics
- Uniform Title
- Myth and poetics.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-343) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Gregory Nagy -- 1. Introduction: Region, Repertoire, and Genre -- 2. Soaking the Goddess, Celebrating Friendship: Bhojali -- 3. Brave Daughters, Bound Kings: A Female Tradition of Reversal: Dalkhai -- 4. Land of Wealth, Land of Famine: The "Parrot Dance" in Ritual and Narrative: Sua Nac -- 5. Joining Verse to Verse: Professional Storytelling and Individual Creativity: Kathani Kuha -- 6. "This Is Our Story": A Chhattisgarhi Epic: Candaini -- 7. Pandvani Heroines, Chhattisgarhi Daughters: Pandvani -- 8. Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries of Genre and Community -- Performance Text: The Song of Subanbali -- Performance Text: Kathani Kuha: Of Friendship, Love, and Memory -- Performance Text: Sample Transcriptions of Performance Texts.
- ISBN
- 0801432065 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 95050444
- OCLC
- ocm33862150
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries