Listen to the heron's words : reimagining gender and kinship in North India / Gloria Goodwin Raheja and Ann Grodzins Gold.
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TextCopyright date: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1994Description: xxxvii, 234 pages. : illustrations., map ; 23 cmContent type: - text
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- 0520083709 (alk. paper)
- 0520083717 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 398.209542 20 R.G.L
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-230) and index.
List of Illustrations Note on Transcription and Transliteration Note on Kinship Terms Preface: Listening to Women in Rural North India (AGG and GGR) 1. Introduction: Gender Representation and the Problem of Language and Resistance in India (GGR) 2. Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic Imagination in Rajasthani Women's Songs (AGG) 3* On the Uses of Irony and Ambiguity: Shifting Perspectives on Patriliny and Women's Ties to Natal Kin (GGR) 4* On the Uses of Subversion: Redefining Conjugality (GGR) 5* Devotional Power or Dangerous Magic? The Jungli Rani's Case (AGG) 6. Purdah Is As Purdah's Kept: A Storyteller's Story (AGG) 7* Conclusion: Some Reflections on Narrative Potency and the Politics of Women's Expressive Traditions (GGR with AGG) Appendix: Rajasthani and Hindi Song Texts Glossary of Hindi and Rajasthani Words Bibliography Index
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