04257nam 22010934a 450 991078331430332120230710230009.01-59734-775-21-282-35796-497866123579610-520-93834-81-4175-8495-510.1525/9780520938342(CKB)1000000000030779(EBL)227313(OCoLC)475933716(SSID)ssj0000211582(PQKBManifestationID)11191574(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000211582(PQKBWorkID)10293079(PQKB)11271136(MiAaPQ)EBC227313(DE-B1597)519252(OCoLC)1045512344(DE-B1597)9780520938342(Au-PeEL)EBL227313(CaPaEBR)ebr10075630(CaONFJC)MIL235796(EXLCZ)99100000000003077920040310h20052005 uy 0engurnn#---|u||utxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNo one cries for the dead Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions /Isabelle Clark-DecèsBerkeley :University of California Press,2005.©20051 online resource (x, 242 pages)0-520-24314-5 0-520-24313-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.Front matter --Contents --Acknowledgments --Introduction --Chapter One. A Different Grief --Chapter Two. Songs Of Experience --Chapter Three. Why Should We Cry? --Chapter Four. Life As A Record Of Failure --Chapter Five. Between Performance And Experience --Appendix A. A Comparison Of The Four Abridged Versions Of The Virajampuhaâ Story --Appendix B. The Story Of Virajampuhaâ In Tamil --Notes --Glossary --References --IndexAt South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.Funeral rites and ceremoniesIndiaSouth ArcotTamil (Indic people)Funeral customs and ritesDirgesIndiaSouth ArcotHistory and criticismFolk songs, TamilIndiaSouth ArcotHistory and criticismTamil (Indic people)Social life and customsanthropology.behavioral analysis.caste system.ceremonial.cultural analysis.death songs.death.discussion books.funeral event.funeral singers.funeral songs.funerals.gender issues.graveyard petitions.grief and mourning.historical.indian culture.life and death.nonfiction.performers.personal experiences.rowdy songs.social behaviors.social customs.sociologists.sociology.south india.tamil dirges.tamil.untouchables.village setting.Funeral rites and ceremoniesTamil (Indic people)Funeral customs and rites.DirgesHistory and criticism.Folk songs, TamilHistory and criticism.Tamil (Indic people)Social life and customs.393/.9Clark-Decès Isabelle1956-2017.1266564MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783314303321No one cries for the dead3678644UNINA