Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India / Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter, author.

Contributor:

Nagy, Gregory, Contributor.

en Book Program, funder.

Series:

Myth and poetics.

Myth and Poetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Folklore--India--Chhatt̄isgarh.

Folklore.

Women--India--Chhattīsgarh--Folklore.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cornell University Press 2018

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger is Professor of Religion and Director of the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. She is the author of books including When the World Becomes Female: Possibilities of a South Indian Goddess and Everyday Hinduism.

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Foreword / Nagy, Gregory

Preface

Note on Transliteration

I. Introduction: Region, Repertoire, and Genre

2. Soaking the Goddess, Celebrating Friendship Bhojalī

3. Brave Daughters, Bound Kings: A Female Tradition of Reversal Ḍālkhāī

4. Land of Wealth, Land of Famine: The "Parrot Dance" in Ritual and Narrative Suā Nāc

5. Joining Verse to Verse: Professional Storytelling and Individual Creativity Kathānī Kūhā

6. "This Is Our Story": A Chhattisgarhi Epic Candainī

7. Paṇḍvānī Heroines, Chhattisgarhi Daughters Paṇḍvānī

8. Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries of Genre and Community

The Song of Subanbali

Kathānī Kūhā: Of Friendship, Love, and Memory

Sample Transcriptions of Performance Texts

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781501722868

1501722867

OCLC:

1028951623