South Asian Folklore in Transition: Crafting New Horizons

ISBN-13: 9780367583767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 184 str.

Frank J. Korom; Leah K. Lowthorp

Opis

This comprehensive book reinvigorates the field of South Asian folklore studies by providing fresh studies and new models both for studying the "lore" and the "life" of everyday people in the region, as well as their engagement with the world at large. It was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: locating the study of folklore in modern South Asian studies  Part I. Historicizing Folklore  2. How stories lodge in lives  3. The scribal life of folktales in medieval India  4. Nameless in history: when the imperial English become the subjects of Hindu narrative  Part II. Materializing Folklore  5. Standing in cement: possibilities created by Ravan on the Chhattisgarhi Plains  6. Tools and world-making in the worship of Vishwakarma  7. Pavitra Hindu homes: producing sacred purity in domestic diasporic settings  8. Shrines, stones, and memories: the entangled storyworld of a goddess temple in Assam  Part III. Politicizing Folklore  9. Criminal ‘folk’ and ‘legal’ lore: the kidnap and castrate narrative in colonial India and contemporary Chennai  10. Folklore, politics, and the state: Kutiyattam theatre and National/Global Heritage in India  11. The amplified sacrifice: sound, technology, and participation in modern Vedic ritual

O autorze

Frank J. Korom is Professor of Religion and Anthropology at Boston University, USA. He specializes in the cultures of South Asia and the diasporas derived from the region. He is the author and/or editor of ten books, most recently The Anthropology of Performance (2013).

Leah K. Lowthorp is Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at the University of Oregon, USA. Her work spans the impact of global cultural policy on artist communities in South Asia, community advocacy and the arts, and the digital folklore of human reproductive and genetic technologies. She has authored several articles and book chapters on these topics.