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Book Summary
This book offers a detailed study of the oral narrative of Shri Devnarayan along
with the first English translation of this popular Rajasthani folk narrative.
The narrative extolling the deeds of Lord Devnarayan is performed by itinerant
singers during all night vigils in front of a 9-meter long, elaborately painted
cloth scroll that depicts scenes and characters from the story. Aditya Malik
uses the narrative to explore and ask a range of innovative questions relevant
to the study of Indian folk culture and Hinduism as a whole: How is orality
conceptualized and practiced? What is the relationship between spoken and visual
signs? How do Devnarayan's devotees create
- ISBN-13
- 9780195150193
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publishing Date
- 2005-02-24
- Total Pages
- 576
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Book Summary
This book offers a detailed study of the oral narrative of Shri Devnarayan along
with the first English translation of this popular Rajasthani folk narrative.
The narrative extolling the deeds of Lord Devnarayan is performed by itinerant
singers during all night vigils in front of a 9-meter long, elaborately painted
cloth scroll that depicts scenes and characters from the story. Aditya Malik
uses the narrative to explore and ask a range of innovative questions relevant
to the study of Indian folk culture and Hinduism as a whole: How is orality
conceptualized and practiced? What is the relationship between spoken and visual
signs? How do Devnarayan's devotees create
Book Specifications
- ISBN-13
- 9780195150193
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Hard Bound
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publishing Date
- 2005-02-24
- Total Pages
- 576