Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India
In Gender 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 e...
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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca
Cornell University Press
1996
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| Series: | Myth and Poetics
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | In Gender 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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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (424 p.) |
| ISBN: | 51nk-sd92 9781501722868 9781501727832 9781501722875 9780801432064 |
| Access: | Open Access |