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Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits - Couverture souple

Hiltebeitel, Alf

 
9780226340517: Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics: Draupadi among Rajputs, Muslims, and Dalits
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0226340511 ISBN 13 : 9780226340517
Editeur : University of Chicago Press, 1999

Synopsis

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana—continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions.

Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Drawing on literary theory and cultural studies, he reveals the shared subtexts of the Draupadi cult Mahabharata and the five oral epics, and shows how the traditional plots are twisted and classical characters reshaped to reflect local history and religion. In doing so, Hiltebeitel sheds new light on the intertwining oral traditions of medieval Rajput military culture, Dalits ("former Untouchables"), and Muslims.

Breathtaking in scope, this work is indispensable for those seeking a deeper understanding of South Asia's Hindu and Muslim traditions.

This work is the third volume in Hiltebeitel's study of the Draupadi cult. Other volumes include Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Volume One), On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Volume Two), and Rethinking the Mahabharata (Volume Four).

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À propos de l'auteur

Alf Hiltebeitel is a professor of religion and director of the Human Sciences Program at The George Washington University. He is the author or editor of numerous books including the two-volume Cult of Draupadi and Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics, both published by the University of Chicago Press.

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Éditeur
University of Chicago Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0226340511
ISBN 13 
9780226340517
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
574
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