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xxxvii, 234 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface: Listening to Women in Rural North India / Ann Grodzins Gold and Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 1. Introduction: Gender Representation and the Problem of Language and Resistance in India / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 2. Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic Imagination in Rajasthani Women's Songs / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 3. On the Uses of Irony and Ambiguity: Shifting Perspectives on Patriliny and Women's Ties to Natal Kin / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 4. On the Uses of Subversion: Redefining Conjugality / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 5. Devotional Power or Dangerous Magic? The Jungli Rani's Case / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 6. Purdah Is As Purdah's Kept: A Storyteller's Story / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 7. Conclusion: Some Reflections on Narrative Potency and the Politics of Women's Expressive Traditions / Gloria Goodwin Raheja and Ann Grodzins Gold -- Appendix: Rajasthani and Hindi Song Texts -- Glossary of Hindi and Rajasthani Words. |
| Note |
A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program. |
| Subject |
Folk literature, Indic -- India -- Uttar Pradesh.
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Folk literature, Indic -- India -- Rajasthan.
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Women -- India -- Folklore.
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Sex role -- India.
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Rajasthan (India) -- Social life and customs.
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Uttar Pradesh (India) -- Social life and customs.
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| Alt Author |
Gold, Ann Grodzins, 1946-
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| ISBN |
0520083709 (alk. paper) |
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9780520083707 (alk. paper) |
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0520083717 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780520083714 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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