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Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales
Narayan, Kirin (Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, Associate Professor of Anthropology and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales
Narayan, Kirin (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. It offers arguments about oral traditions and performance, as well as about North Indian families and folklore.
280 pages, 13 halftones
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | June 26, 1997 |
ISBN13 | 9780195103489 |
Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
Pages | 280 |
Dimensions | 162 × 243 × 25 mm · 559 g |