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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Autore principale: Jassal, Smita Tewari
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
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Sommario:
  • The daily grind
  • Singing bargains
  • Biyah / Biraha : emotions in a rite of passage
  • Sita's trials
  • When war is marriage
  • Taking liberties.