Another harmony : new essays on the folklore of India / edited by Stuart H. Blackburn and A.K. Ramanujan
1986, First Edition. Berkeley : University of California Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #442411
ISBN: 0520054989
Physical description; x, 387 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Based on papers presented at two conferences, in Berkeley, Calif. in February 1980 and in Mysore, India in August 1980. "Sponsored by the Joint Committee on South Asia of the Social Science Research Council and the American Council of Learned Societies." Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents; Two realms of Kannada folklore / A.K. Ramanujan -- Social dyads in Indic folktales / Brenda E.F. Beck -- Battle as metaphor in Tamil folk and classical traditions / David D. Shulman -- Epics and ideologies : six Telugu folk epics / Velcheru Narayana Rao -- Performance markers in an Indian story-type / Stuart H. Blackburn -- The kath of aka : two tellings / Susan S.W. Wadley -- The Ma ikkur avan story : from ritual to entertainment / George L. Hart -- Playing Cenne/ Peter J. Claus -- Internal Iconicity in Paraiyar "Crying Songs"/Margaret T. Egnor -- A Select Bibliography of Indian Folklore/Stuart H. Blackburn -- Index. Subjects; Folklore India ; Congresses. Folk literature, Indic History and criticism ; Congresses. Folklore India. India Social life and customs ; Congresses. Indian folklore. Indian languages. Harmony. Folklore. South Asian folklore.
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