Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Name: Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon By Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
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Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon by Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

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Narayan presents 21 stories learned and told orally by one woman, Urmila Devi, in Kangra, North India. Included are stories told for worship and stories told for entertainment. It offers arguments about oral traditions and performance, as well as about North Indian families and folklore.

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Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales by Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Narayan presents 21 stories learned and told orally by one woman, Urmila Devi, in Kangra, North India. Included are stories told for worship and stories told for entertainment. In the process of recounting the stories, Narayan brings to life her friendship with the storyteller, and also offers important arguments about oral traditions and performance, as well as about North Indian families and folklore.

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Sku

CIN0195103483VG

ISBN 13

9780195103489

ISBN 10

0195103483

Title

Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales by Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Author

Kirin Narayan (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Oxford University Press Inc

Year published

19970626

Number of pages

280

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N/A

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