Book Description
A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition.
Author : ATTIPATE KRISHNASWAMI. RAMANUJAN
Publisher : Penguin Premium Classic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,69 MB
Release : 2023-12-06
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ISBN : 9780670098125
A.K. Ramanujan's outstanding selection is an indispensable guide to the richness and vitality of India's ageless oral folklore tradition.
Author : Brenda E. F. Beck
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 24,62 MB
Release : 2024-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0226040860
Bringing together nearly one hundred tales translated from fourteen languages, Folktales of India opens the vast narrative world of Indian folklore to readers of English. Beck includes oral tales collected from tribal areas, peasant groups, urban areas, and remote villages in north and south India, and the distinctive boundary regions of Kashmir, Assam, and Manipur. The tales in this collection emphasize universal human characteristics—truthfulness, modesty, loyalty, courage, generosity, and honesty. Each story is meant to be savored individually with special attention given to the great range of motifs presented and the many distinct narrative styles used. Folktales of India offers a superb anthology of India's bountiful narrative tradition. "This collection does an excellent job of representing India. . . . It is the type of book that can be enjoyed by all readers who love a well-told tale as well as by scholars of traditional narrative and scholars of India in general."—Hugh M. Flick, Jr., Asian Folklore Studies "The stories collected here are representative, rich in structural subtlety, and endowed with fresh earthy humor."—Kunal Chakraborti, Contributions to Indian Sociology
Author : Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 21,14 MB
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1501722875
In Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India, Joyce Burkhalter Flueckiger analyzes six representative Indian folklore genres from a single regional repertoire to show the influence of their intertextual relations on the composition and interpretation of artistic performance. Placing special emphasis on women’s rituals, she looks at the relationship between the framework and organization of indigenous genres and the reception of folklore performance. The regional repertoire under examination presents a strikingly female-centered world. Female performers and characters are active, articulate, and frequently challenge or defy expectations of gender. Men also confound traditional gender roles. Flueckiger includes the translations of two full performance texts of narratives sung by female and male storytellers respectively.
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Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 24,24 MB
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1452166757
Traditional Indian lore through the eyes of two artists. “Their collaboration is nothing short of phenomenal. The illustrations take you into another world.” —Medium A shape-shifting tiger and a pretentious rat. A generous goddess and a powerful demon. A clever princess and a prince who returns from the dead. This collection of sixteen traditional tales transports readers to the beguiling world of Indian folklore. Transcribed by Indian and English folklorists in the nineteenth century, these stories brim with wit and magic. Fans of fairy tales will encounter familiar favorites—epic quests and talking animals—alongside delightful surprises—an irreverent sense of humor and an array of bold, inspiring heroines. Each tale in this ebook comes alive alongside exquisite artwork by a pair of contemporary Indian artists.
Author : Prakash Pattanaik
Publisher :
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Contributed articles presented at a National Seminar on Indian Folklore (1-3 February, 1998), Delhi.
Author : Sudhin N. Ghose
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 1996-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486292479
16 delightful tradition stories, including "Palwahn the Wrestler," "How Princess Maya got her Deserts," "The Munificent Miser," "The End of the World," and 12 other traditional tales.
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Publisher : Katha
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,95 MB
Release : 2011
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ISBN : 9788189934750
Author : Stuart H. Blackburn
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 27,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Folklore and nationalism
ISBN : 9788178241494
Author : Joseph Jacobs
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,43 MB
Release : 1892
Category : Children's stories
ISBN :
Folk tales from India.
Author : Flora Annie Webster Steel
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 22,11 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
"Tales of the Punjab: Folklore of India" is a collection of folk tales told among the Indian people of the Punjab region. They include the tales: "Sir Buzz", "The Rat's Wedding", "The Faithful Prince", "The Bear's Bad Bargain", "Prince Lionheart and his Three Friends" and "The Lambkin". They are the work of author Flora Annie Steel.