Description: Further DetailsTitle: Raja Nal and the GoddessCondition: NewEAN: 9780253217240ISBN: 9780253217240Publisher: Indiana University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/17/2004Item Height: 235mmItem Length: 155mmItem Width: 14mmAuthor: Susan Snow WadleyLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The North Indian Epic Dhola in PerformanceISBN-10: 0253217245Description: "... [T]ells a wonderful story, one much loved in northern India.... fills an important lacuna in the work on oral epic." —Lindsey Harlan Dhola is an oral epic performed primarily by lower-caste, usually illiterate, men in the Braj region of northern India. The story of Raja Nal, "a king who does not know he is a king," this vast epic portrays a world of complex social relationships involving changing and mistaken identities, goddesses, powerful women, magicians, and humans of many different castes. In this comprehensive study and first extended English translation based on multiple oral versions, Susan Snow Wadley argues that the story explores the nature of humanity while also challenging commonplace assumptions about Hinduism, gender, and caste. She examines the relationship between oral and written texts and the influence of individual performance styles alongside a lyrical translation of the work.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Language & ReferenceRelease Year: 2004 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Raja Nal and the Goddess
Title: Raja Nal and the Goddess
EAN: 9780253217240
ISBN: 9780253217240
Release Date: 11/17/2004
Release Year: 2004
Subtitle: The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance
ISBN-10: 0253217245
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
Publication Name: Raja Nal and the Goddess : the North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance
Language: English
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication Year: 2004
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Asian / Indic, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Eastern, Asia / India & South Asia, Poetry, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Type: Textbook
Author: Susan Snow Wadley
Item Length: 9.2 in
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Religion, Social Science, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
