Description: Further DetailsTitle: Unearthing GenderCondition: NewSubtitle: Folksongs of North IndiaISBN-10: 0822351307EAN: 9780822351306ISBN: 9780822351306Publisher: Duke University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/28/2012Description: Unearthing Gender 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 strengthened, questioned, and fine-tuned through music. At the heart of the book is a library of songs, in their original Bhojpuri and in English translation, framed by Jassal's insights into the complexities of gender and power. The significance of these folksongs, Jassal argues, lies in their suggesting and hinting at themes, rather than directly addressing them: women sing what they often cannot talk about. Women's lives, their feelings, their relationships, and their social and familial bonds are persuasively presented in song. For the ethnographer, the songs offer an entry into the everyday cultures of marginalized groups of women who have rarely been the focus of systematic analytical inquiry.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Weight: 445gAuthor: Smita Tewari JassalGenre: Music Dance & TheatreTopic: Society & Culture, Gender Sex & RelationshipsRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Unearthing Gender
Title: Unearthing Gender
Subtitle: Folksongs of North India
ISBN-10: 0822351307
EAN: 9780822351306
ISBN: 9780822351306
Release Date: 03/28/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Music Dance & Theatre
Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Unearthing Gender : Folksongs of North India
Publisher: Duke University Press
Subject: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Genres & Styles / Folk & Traditional, Asia / India & South Asia, Women's Studies, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Customs & Traditions
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2012
Item Weight: 15.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Music, Social Science, History
Author: Smita Tewari Jassal
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
