Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

• Yazar: Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter (auth)
• Materyal Türü: Elektronik Kitap Bölümü
• Dil: İngilizce
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Ithaca Cornell University Press 1996
• Seri Bilgileri: Myth and Poetics
• Konular: Folklore, myths & legends; Asian history; Folklore, myths and legends; Literature: history and criticism
• Online Erişim: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Özet

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.

Fiziksel Özellikler

1 electronic resource (424 p.)

ISBN

51nk-sd92
9781501722868
9781501727832
9781501722875
9780801432064

Erişim

Open Access