No one cries for the dead : Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions /

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At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Dec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Clark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956-2017
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Subjects:
Funeral rites and ceremonies > India > South Arcot.
Tamil (Indic people) > Funeral customs and rites.
Dirges > India > South Arcot > History and criticism.
Folk songs, Tamil > India > South Arcot > History and criticism.
Tamil (Indic people) > Social life and customs.
Tamouls > Rites et cérémonies funéraires.
Tamouls > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Dirges.
Folk songs, Tamil.
Funeral rites and ceremonies.
Begrafenissen.
Gebruiken.
Volksliederen (teksten)
Tamils (volk)
India > South Arcot.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Deces demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 242 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-237) and index.
ISBN:9780520938342
0520938348
1597347752
9781597347754
1417584955
9781417584956
1282357964
9781282357969
9786612357961
6612357967

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