LEADER 04906nam 2200757 a 450 001 9910454902203321 005 20211015011509.0 010 $a1-283-89051-8 010 $a0-8122-0583-9 010 $a0-585-19989-2 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812205831 035 $a(CKB)111004368587874 035 $a(OCoLC)44953949 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642649 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000251834 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11201094 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000251834 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10169170 035 $a(PQKB)11233167 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441897 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17943 035 $a(DE-B1597)449252 035 $a(OCoLC)979724105 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812205831 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441897 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420301 035 $a(OCoLC)929157703 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111004368587874 100 $a19890223d1989 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStorytellers, saints, and scoundrels$b[electronic resource] $efolk narrative in Hindu religious teaching /$fKirin Narayan 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc1989 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 225 1 $aPublications of the American Folklore Society, New series 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a0-8122-1269-X 320 $aBibliography: p. [267]-282. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgment --$tA Note on Transliteration --$tIntroduction --$t1. There's Always a Reason --$t2. Lives and Stories --$t3. Sadhus --$t4. The Listeners --$t5. Loincloths and Celibacy --$t6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples --$t7. Death and Laughter --$t8. Heaven and Hell --$t9. The Divine Storyteller --$t10. The World of the Stories --$t11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching --$tEpilogue --$tAppendix I: Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms --$tAppendix 11: Map of India --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aSwamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining folk narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among the listeners is Kirin Narayan, who knew Swamiji when she was a child in India and who has returned from America as an anthropologist. In her book Narayan builds on Swamiji's tales and his audiences' interpretations to ask why religious teachings the world over are so often couched in stories. For centuries, religious teachers from many traditions have used stories to instruct their followers. When Swamiji tells a story, the local barber rocks in helpless laughter, and a sari-wearing French nurse looks on enrapt. Farmers make decisions based on the tales, and American psychotherapists take notes that link the storytelling to their own practices. Narayan herself is a key character in this ethnography. As both a local woman and a foreign academic, she is somewhere between participant and observer, reacting to the nuances of fieldwork with a sensitivity that only such a position can bring. Each story s reproduced in its evocative performance setting. Narayan supplements eight folk narratives with discussions of audience participation and response as well as relevant Hindu themes. All these stories focus on the complex figure of the Hindu ascetic and so sharpen our understanding of renunciation and gurus in South Asia. While Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels raises provocative theoretical issues, it is also a moving human document. Swamiji, with his droll characterizations, inventive mind, and generous spirit, is a memorable character. The book contributes to a growing interdisciplinary literature on narrative. It will be particularly valuable to students and scholars of anthropology, folklore, performance studies, religions, and South Asian studies. 410 0$aPublications of the American Folklore Society.$pNew series (Unnumbered) 606 $aStorytelling$xReligious aspects$xHinduism 606 $aAsceticism$xHinduism 606 $aHindus$xFolklore$xHistory and criticism 606 $aTales$zIndia$xHistory and criticism 606 $aHinduism$xCustoms and practices 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aStorytelling$xReligious aspects$xHinduism. 615 0$aAsceticism$xHinduism. 615 0$aHindus$xFolklore$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aTales$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aHinduism$xCustoms and practices. 676 $a398.08/82945 700 $aNarayan$b Kirin$0866560 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454902203321 996 $aStorytellers, saints, and scoundrels$92487439 997 $aUNINA 999 $p$21.86$u04/11/2017$5Relig