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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Huvudupphovsman: Jassal, Smita Tewari
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
Publicerad: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
Serie:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • The daily grind
  • Singing bargains
  • Biyah / Biraha : emotions in a rite of passage
  • Sita's trials
  • When war is marriage
  • Taking liberties.