Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching /

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Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among the listeners is Kirin Narayan, who knew Swamiji when s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Narayan, Kirin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1989.
Series:Contemporary ethnography series.
Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:
Storytelling > Religious aspects > Hinduism.
Asceticism > Hinduism.
Hindus > Folklore > History and criticism.
Tales > India > History and criticism.
Hinduism > Customs and practices.
Art de conter > Aspect religieux > Hindouisme.
Ascétisme > Hindouisme.
Hindous > Folklore > Histoire et critique.
Contes > Inde > Histoire et critique.
Hindouisme > Coutumes et pratiques.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Asceticism > Hinduism
Hinduism > Customs and practices
Hindus
Storytelling > Religious aspects > Hinduism
Tales
Hinduismus
Religionsunterricht
Volkserzählung
Hindoeïsme.
Goeroes (religie)
Volksverhalen.
India
English
Religion
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Folklore
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