No one cries for the dead : Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions / Isabelle Clark-Deces.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clark-Decès, Isabelle, 1956-2017.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Funeral rites and ceremonies--India--South Arcot.

Funeral rites and ceremonies.

Tamil (Indic people)--Funeral customs and rites.

Tamil (Indic people).

Dirges--India--South Arcot--History and criticism.

Dirges.

Folk songs, Tamil--India--South Arcot--History and criticism.

Folk songs, Tamil.

Tamil (Indic people)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 242 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One. A Different Grief

Chapter Two. Songs Of Experience

Chapter Three. Why Should We Cry?

Chapter Four. Life As A Record Of Failure

Chapter Five. Between Performance And Experience

Appendix A. A Comparison Of The Four Abridged Versions Of The Virajampuhaâ Story

Appendix B. The Story Of Virajampuhaâ In Tamil

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612357961

9781597347754

1597347752

9781282357969

1282357964

9780520938342

0520938348

9781417584956

1417584955

OCLC:

475933716