Riddles of belonging : India in translation and other tales of possession /
Can the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajashanti, Sanskrit and Urdu that dare to laugh at the details of contentious traditions often kept hidden - whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrough...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Fordham University Press,
2009.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Can the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajashanti, Sanskrit and Urdu that dare to laugh at the details of contentious traditions often kept hidden - whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrought sex change. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 380 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-361) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780823238170 0823238172 9780823247080 0823247082 9780823241064 0823241068 1282698885 9781282698888 9786612698880 6612698888 |