Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions
Author: Susan Snow Wadley
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2005
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9788180280160

The Study Of Folk Traditions Provides A Critical Look At The Accepted, Largely High Caste Male-Authored Views Of Hinduism And Society In India.

Critical Essays on Indian English Writing

Critical Essays on Indian English Writing
Author: D. Ramakrishna
Publisher: Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2005
Genre: Indic literature (English)
ISBN: 9788126904495

Indian English Has Been Universally Accepted As A Unique Style Of Discourse With Its Own Nuances, Giving Expression To Indian Multiculturalism In The Works Of Writers In India Or Those Abroad. Not Only The New Indian Writers In The West, Expatriates, Second And Third Generation Writers, But Also The Classic Authors Like A.K. Ramanujan, Nissim Ezekiel, Mulk Raj Anand, R.K. Narayan, And Bhabani Bhattacharya Are Being Interpreted In The Old New Critical Mode As Well As The Current Critical Styles Of Multiculturalism, Postcoloniality And Diaspora. V.S. Naipaul Is Being Interpreted Not Only As A Caribbean Or British Author But Also A Diasporic Writer Engaged In A Quest For The Indianness Inherited By Him.The Twelve Essays In This Book Deal With The Various Aspects Of Indian English Writing In The Light Of The Current Critical Trends. The Essays, Originally Published In Reputed Research Journals Or Critical Anthologies Over The Years, Are: Contemporary Indian English Literary Scene, Multiculturalism And Indian (English) Literature, Indian English Prose Writing, A.K. Ramanujan S Credo, Nissim Ezekiel S Credo, Soul-Stuff And Vital Language: The Poetry Of P. Lal, Mulk Raj Anand On The Novel, Anand S Vision Of War And Death In Across The Black Waters, Bhabani Bhattacharya S A Dream In Hawaii: A Study In Postcolonial Spirituality, Philosophers And Lovers: Paradox Of Experience In Shiv K. Kumar S The Bone S Prayer, Technique In The Short Stories Of Tagore, And From Darkness To Light: V.S. Naipaul S Indian Odyssey. The Article On Naipaul Has Been Written Especially For This Book.

Drawing from the City

Drawing from the City
Author: Teju Behan
Publisher: Tara Books
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2018-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9789383145966

Folk singer and self-taught artist draws her incredible journey from rural poverty to a life in art.

Religions of the East

Religions of the East
Author: Stephen Hunt
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 542
Release: 2017-05-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1351904760

Under the rubric of 'Religions of the East', which includes Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Janiism and a myriad of Chinese religio-philosophies, are a vast range of views concerning human sexuality. These contrasting attitudes are mapped through this volume on Religions of the East in The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion series. Part 1 presents previously-published articles that explore several Eastern Religions in the way they construct sexuality through expressions of their pertinent holy writings and belief systems, as applied in differing historical and cultural contexts. Part 2 takes sexual renunciation and asceticism as its focus through the traditions of Hinduism, Jainism and the Chinese religious systems. Part 3 explores the connection between sexuality, gender and sexuality in Hindu and Buddhist customs in varied social settings. The final part of the volume includes articles examining Eastern religions in their attitudes towards sexual 'variants' including bi-sexuality, trans-sexuality and contested sexual categories.

South Asian Folklore

South Asian Folklore
Author: Peter Claus
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 741
Release: 2020-10-28
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1000101223

With 600 signed, alphabetically organized articles covering the entirety of folklore in South Asia, this new resource includes countries and regions, ethnic groups, religious concepts and practices, artistic genres, holidays and traditions, and many other concepts. A preface introduces the material, while a comprehensive index, cross-references, and black and white illustrations round out the work. The focus on south Asia includes Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, with short survey articles on Tibet, Bhutan, Sikkim, and various diaspora communities. This unique reference will be invaluable for collections serving students, scholars, and the general public.

Brecht in India

Brecht in India
Author: Dr. Prateek
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2020-11-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1000222497

Brecht in India analyses the dramaturgy and theatrical practices of the German playwright Bertolt Brecht in post-independence India. The book explores how post-independence Indian drama is an instance of a cultural palimpsest, a site celebrating a dialogue between Western and Indian theatrical traditions, rather than a homogenous and isolated canon. Analysing the dissemination of a selection of Brecht’s plays in the Hindi belt between the 1960s and the 1990s, this study demonstrates that Brecht’s work provided aesthetic and ideological paradigms to modern Hindi playwrights, helping them develop and stage a national identity. The book also traces how the reception of Brecht was mediated in India, how it helped post-independence Indian playwrights formulate a political theatre, and how the dissemination of Brechtian aesthetics in India addressed the anxiety related to the stasis in Brechtian theatre in Europe. Tracking the dialogue between Brechtian aesthetics in India and Europe and a history of deliberate cultural resistance, Brecht in India is an invaluable resource for academics and students of theatre studies and theatre historiography, as well as scholars of post-colonial history and literature.

Some Essays on Culture, Literature and Poetry

Some Essays on Culture, Literature and Poetry
Author: Kousik Adhikari
Publisher: BookRix
Total Pages: 49
Release: 2016-01-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 3739607319

Poetry, literature, fiction, all are the various gifts of the same genre, that is arts. The book covers some of the areas of arts, literature and poetry, reflecting on different figures of American literature, poetry, like Conrad Aiken, Susan Howe, Beduwin Arab Women poetry and Bankim Anandamath. It opines on different aspects of arts form, a helping guide for deeper understanding and reasoning.

Culture Change in India

Culture Change in India
Author: B. K. Nagla
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2024-03-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1003861059

This book studies the different dimensions of culture change in India. It covers important strands of the ancient and modern intellectual traditions of India and the socio-cultural changes that the country underwent during the colonial, post-independence modernization, and globalization periods in the country. In this context, the authors examine some of the major aspects of culture change observed at the institutional level across the country. They also touch upon cultural diversity and multiculturalism in India and Europe, as well as the dilemmas faced by diasporic Indians in North America. Lucid and topical, this book will be an essential read for students and scholars of sociology, sociology of culture, history, political science, cultural anthropology, Indian sociology, social anthropology, cultural studies, and South Asian studies.