TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raheja,Gloria Goodwin
AU  - Gold,Ann Grodzins
TI  - Listen to the heron's words: reimagining gender and kinship in North India 
SN  - 0520083709 (alk. paper)
U1  - 398.209542 20
PY  - 1994///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Folk literature, Indic
KW  - India
KW  - Uttar Pradesh
KW  - Rajasthan
KW  - Women
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Sex role
KW  - Rajasthan (India)
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Uttar Pradesh (India)
N1  - 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
; A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program
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