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Unearthing gender : folksongs of North India / Smita Tewari Jassal.

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This book is a compelling ethnographic analysis of folksongs sung primarily by lower-caste women in north India, in the fields, at weddings, during travels, and in other settings. Smita Tewari Jassal uses these songs to explore how ideas of caste, gender, sexuality, labor, and power may be strengthe...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Project MUSE)
Main Author: Jassal, Smita Tewari
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham, NC : Duke University Press, 2012.
©2012.
Subjects:
Folk songs, Bhojpuri > India, North > History and criticism.
Music > Social aspects > India, North.
Folk songs, Bhojpuri.
Manners and customs.
Music > Social aspects.
India, North > Social life and customs.
North India.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • The daily grind
  • Singing bargains
  • Biyah / Biraha : emotions in a rite of passage
  • Sita's trials
  • When war is marriage
  • Taking liberties.

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