Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger

Published by Cornell University Press 1996

Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Funded by: National Endowment for the Humanities Open Book Program

In the series Myth and Poetics

https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501722868

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About this book

In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special emphasis on women’s rituals, she looks at the relationship between the framework and organization of indigenous genres and the reception of folklore performance. The regional repertoire under examination presents a strikingly female-centered world. Female performers and characters are active, articulate, and frequently challenge or defy expectations of gender. Men also confound traditional gender roles. Flueckiger includes the translations of two full performance texts of narratives sung by female and male storytellers respectively.

Author / Editor information

Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger is Professor of Religion and Director of the Graduate Division of Religion at Emory University. She is the author of books including When the World Becomes Female: Possibilities of a South Indian Goddess and Everyday Hinduism.

Reviews

Gloria Goodwin Raheja:

Based on fifteen months of original research at the boundary between the states of Madhya Pradesh and Orissa, as well as on many return visits over the course of fifteen years, this book is one of the most wide-ranging, meticulous, and insightful monographs on Indian folklore ever published.

In this superbly crafted, absorbing book, Flueckiger explores the relationships among folklore genres in the Chattisgarh region of north India, achieving a pioneering model of the study of a ‘folklore system’ in its entirety. This is ethnographic scholarship at its best. The multigenre approach is a major contribution, and this rich book should be read by all students of folklore, literature, performance, and South Asia.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations and Maps Open Access Download PDF	ix
Foreword Gregory Nagy Open Access Download PDF	xi
Preface Open Access Download PDF	xiii
Note on Transliteration Open Access Download PDF	xxiii
I. Introduction: Region, Repertoire, and Genre Open Access Download PDF	1
2. Soaking the Goddess, Celebrating Friendship Bhojalī Open Access Download PDF	26
3. Brave Daughters, Bound Kings: A Female Tradition of Reversal Ḍālkhāī Open Access Download PDF	50
4. Land of Wealth, Land of Famine: The "Parrot Dance" in Ritual and Narrative Suā Nāc Open Access Download PDF	77
5. Joining Verse to Verse: Professional Storytelling and Individual Creativity Kathānī Kūhā Open Access Download PDF	104
6. "This Is Our Story": A Chhattisgarhi Epic Candainī Open Access Download PDF	131
7. Paṇḍvānī Heroines, Chhattisgarhi Daughters Paṇḍvānī Open Access Download PDF	156
8. Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries of Genre and Community Open Access Download PDF	177
The Song of Subanbali Open Access Download PDF	189
Kathānī Kūhā: Of Friendship, Love, and Memory Open Access Download PDF	252
Sample Transcriptions of Performance Texts Open Access Download PDF	325
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	333
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	337
Index Open Access Download PDF	345

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Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 424
Keywords: Literary Studies; Folklore

eBook

Published: March 15, 2018
ISBN: 9781501722868