Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions

Appadurai, Arjun;Korom, Frank J.

ISBN 10: 0812213378 / ISBN 13: 9780812213379

Published by Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, Philadelphia, 1991

About this Item

First printing. Trade soft cover. Published Philadelphia: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr., 1991.8vo., x+486 pages. A near fine copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gender, Genre, and Power in South Asian Expressive Traditions
• Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0812213378
• ISBN 13: 9780812213379
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket, As Issued
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology
  • Far East

About this title

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.