Unearthing Gender : Folksongs of North India /

This book is a compelling ethnographic analysis of folksongs sung primarily by lower-caste women in north India, in the fields, at weddings, during travels, and in other settings. Smita Tewari Jassal uses these songs to explore how ideas of caste, gender, sexuality, labor, and power may be strengthe...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Jassal, Smita Tewari
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Music > Social aspects.
Manners and customs.
Folk songs, Bhojpuri.
MUSIC > Printed Music > General.
Sociology and anthropology.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography Mod Social and cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Anthropology.
Musique > Aspect social > Inde (Nord)
Chansons folkloriques bhojpurī > Inde (Nord) > Histoire et critique.
Music > Social aspects > India, North.
Folk songs, Bhojpuri > India, North > History and criticism.
North India.
Inde (Nord) > Moeurs et coutumes.
India, North > Social life and customs.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The daily grind
  • Singing bargains
  • Biyah / Biraha : emotions in a rite of passage
  • Sita's trials
  • When war is marriage
  • Taking liberties.

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