Everyday Creativity : Singing Goddesses in the Himalayan Foothills / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
Disciplina | 782.42162914110082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | BohlmanPhilip V |
Collana | Big Issues in Music |
Soggetto topico |
Music - Social aspects - India - Kāngra (District)
Women singers - India - Kāngra (District) |
Soggetto non controllato | singing, goddesses, goddess, himalayas, himalayan, foothills, middle east, asia, asian, mountains, mountain range, india, china, kangra, women, womanhood, anthropology, anthropologist, college, university, higher education, academic, scholarly, research, companionship, creativity, ethnography, poetry, memoir, interdisciplinary, biographical, biography, saints, music, songs, social studies |
ISBN | 0-226-40773-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: Todi in the Forest of Song -- Finding Form -- 1. Tending Lives through Songs -- 2. The Ground That Grows Songs -- 3. Attaining: The Mountain Daughter's Many Forms -- 4. Playing: Krishna's Mothers, Sister, and Lovers -- 5. Going: Saili as Plant and Goddess -- 6. Bathing: The Transformative Flows of Sound -- Reaching the Head -- A Note on Transliteration -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136700203321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My family and other saints / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.850954/792092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women anthropologists - India - Mumbai
Anthropology of religion - India - Mumbai Families - India - Mumbai Hinduism and culture - India - Mumbai |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-226-56815-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Hook -- 1. Gods' Eyes -- 2. Crazy Saints -- 3. The Seven-Horned Mountain -- 4. Blind Blue Heavens, Pure Blue Light -- 5. Fused Doubles -- 6. Doorways -- 7. Gurus and Urugs -- 8. Mrs. Contractor's Eldest Unmarried Daughter -- 9. Conjunctions -- 10. The Moon Pearl -- 11. At the Border -- 12. Twin Goddess -- The Clasp |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464895803321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My family and other saints / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.850954/792092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women anthropologists - India - Mumbai
Anthropology of religion - India - Mumbai Families - India - Mumbai Hinduism and culture - India - Mumbai |
Soggetto non controllato | memoir, enlightenment, guru, religion, spirituality, family, brother, siblings, bombay, india, eastern philosophy, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, pilgrimage, ashram, holy men, coming of age, spiritual quest, youth, childhood, adolescence, anthropology, sociology, hinduism, mumbai, seeking, journey, growth, gods, female authors, indian women, gender, sister |
ISBN | 0-226-56815-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Hook -- 1. Gods' Eyes -- 2. Crazy Saints -- 3. The Seven-Horned Mountain -- 4. Blind Blue Heavens, Pure Blue Light -- 5. Fused Doubles -- 6. Doorways -- 7. Gurus and Urugs -- 8. Mrs. Contractor's Eldest Unmarried Daughter -- 9. Conjunctions -- 10. The Moon Pearl -- 11. At the Border -- 12. Twin Goddess -- The Clasp |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786415403321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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My family and other saints / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.850954/792092 |
Soggetto topico |
Women anthropologists - India - Mumbai
Anthropology of religion - India - Mumbai Families - India - Mumbai Hinduism and culture - India - Mumbai |
Soggetto non controllato | memoir, enlightenment, guru, religion, spirituality, family, brother, siblings, bombay, india, eastern philosophy, nonfiction, biography, autobiography, pilgrimage, ashram, holy men, coming of age, spiritual quest, youth, childhood, adolescence, anthropology, sociology, hinduism, mumbai, seeking, journey, growth, gods, female authors, indian women, gender, sister |
ISBN | 0-226-56815-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Hook -- 1. Gods' Eyes -- 2. Crazy Saints -- 3. The Seven-Horned Mountain -- 4. Blind Blue Heavens, Pure Blue Light -- 5. Fused Doubles -- 6. Doorways -- 7. Gurus and Urugs -- 8. Mrs. Contractor's Eldest Unmarried Daughter -- 9. Conjunctions -- 10. The Moon Pearl -- 11. At the Border -- 12. Twin Goddess -- The Clasp |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818429203321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2007] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels [[electronic resource] ] : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1989 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.08/82945 |
Collana | Publications of the American Folklore Society, New series |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Asceticism - Hinduism Hindus - Folklore - History and criticism Tales - India - History and criticism Hinduism - Customs and practices |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89051-8
0-8122-0583-9 0-585-19989-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgment -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. There's Always a Reason -- 2. Lives and Stories -- 3. Sadhus -- 4. The Listeners -- 5. Loincloths and Celibacy -- 6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples -- 7. Death and Laughter -- 8. Heaven and Hell -- 9. The Divine Storyteller -- 10. The World of the Stories -- 11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms -- Appendix 11: Map of India -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454902203321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1989 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Storytellers, saints, and scoundrels : folk narrative in Hindu religious teaching / / Kirin Narayan |
Autore | Narayan Kirin |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1989 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 285 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 398.08/82945 |
Collana | Publications of the American Folklore Society, New series. |
Soggetto topico |
Storytelling - Religious aspects - Hinduism
Asceticism - Hinduism Hindus - Folklore - History and criticism Tales - India - History and criticism Hinduism - Customs and practices Ethnography |
ISBN |
1-283-89051-8
0-8122-0583-9 0-585-19989-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgment -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- 1. There's Always a Reason -- 2. Lives and Stories -- 3. Sadhus -- 4. The Listeners -- 5. Loincloths and Celibacy -- 6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples -- 7. Death and Laughter -- 8. Heaven and Hell -- 9. The Divine Storyteller -- 10. The World of the Stories -- 11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms -- Appendix 11: Map of India -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778980503321 |
Narayan Kirin | ||
Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , 1989 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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