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Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

By Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

Book information

Publisher
Cornell University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
1501727834, 9781501727832
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2364872 bytes)
Pages
424\0
Time added
2018-07-31 08:37:36

Description

InGender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special emphasis on women's rituals, she looks at the relationship between the framework and organization of indigenous genres and the reception of folklore performance. The regional repertoire under examination presents a strikingly female-centered world. Female performers and characters are active, articulate, and frequently challenge or defy expectations of gender. Men also confound traditional gender roles. Flueckiger includes the translations of two full performance texts of narratives sung by female and male storytellers respectively.

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