Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions

Appadurai, Arjun

ISBN 10: 0812213378 / ISBN 13: 9780812213379

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991

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0812213378. 1991, bright clean copy, light crease to cover, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812213378
• ISBN 13: 9780812213379
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: good
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Synopsis

The authors cross the boundaries between anthropology, folklore, and history to cast new light on the relation between songs and stories, reality and realism, and rhythm and rhetoric in the expressive traditions of South Asia.

About the Author

Arjun Appadurai is the Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Frank J. Korom is Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University. Margaret A. Mills is a folklorist and Professor Emerita of the Department of Near East Languages and Cultures at The Ohio State University.