No one cries for the dead [[electronic resource] ] : Tamil dirges, rowdy songs, and graveyard petitions / / Isabelle Clark-Decès

• Autore: Clark-Decès Isabelle <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (254 p.)
• Disciplina: 393/.9
• Soggetto topico: Funeral rites and ceremonies - India - South Arcot; Tamil (Indic people) - Funeral customs and rites; Dirges - India - South Arcot - History and criticism; Folk songs, Tamil - India - South Arcot - History and criticism; Tamil (Indic people) - Social life and customs
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: At 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: No one cries for the dead
• ISBN: 1-59734-775-2; 1-282-35796-4; 9786612357961; 0-520-93834-8; 1-4175-8495-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450089703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II