Nectar Gaze And Poison Breath: An Analysis and Translation of the Rajasthani Oral Narrative of Devnarayan - Couverture rigide

Malik, Aditya

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0195150198 ISBN 13 : 9780195150193

Editeur : Oxford University Press Inc, 2005

Synopsis

This book offers a detailed study of the Devnarayan ki par, along with the first English translation of this well-known Rajasthani oral narrative. The tale of the god Devnarayan is performed by itinerant singer-priests during night-wakes in front of a very large painted scroll depicting characters and scenes from the story. It is the focus of one of the most popular folk cults of the Rajasthan region of India. Aditya Malik uses the narrative to explore a range of questions relevant to the study of Indian folk culture and Hinduism as a whole: How is orality conceptualized and practiced? What is the relationship between spoken and visual signs? How are ideas about religion, society, and history envisioned within the framework of the narrative? Malik argues that to understand ideas of history in Indian cultural contexts we must go to oral narratives, epics, regional tellings, and local knowledge. By making the Narrative of Devnarayan available in English, he provides an important resource for that task.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aditya Malik is Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Religious Studies at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford University Press Inc
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195150198
• ISBN 13: 9780195150193
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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