Format:
Online-Ressource (xiii, 242 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253217245
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0253344786
Content:
"... [T]ells a wonderful story, one much loved in northern India.... fills an important lacuna in the work on oral epic." -- Lindsey HarlanDhola is an oral epic performed primarily by lower-caste, usually illiterate, men in the Braj region of northern India. The story of Raja Nal, "a king who does not know he is a king," this vast epic portrays a world of complex social relationships involving changing and mistaken identities, goddesses, powerful women, magicians, and humans of many different castes. In t
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-231) and index
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Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Note on Transliteration; 1. Introducing Dhola; 2. The Story of Dhola; 3. Dhola as Performed: Two Singers; 4. The Goddess and the Bhakti Traditions of Braj; 5. Motini, Dumenti, and Other Royal Women; 6. Oil Pressers, Acrobats, and Other Castes; 7. Who is Raja Nal?; Appendix 1: List of Characters; Appendix 2: Oral Performances; Glossary of Key Hindi Terms; Notes; References Cited; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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In English; includes translated passages from the Hindi original
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253344786
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Raja Nal and the Goddess : The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance
Language:
English
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