South Asian Folklore in Transition - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South Asian Folklore in Transition write by Frank J. Korom. This book was released on 2020-05-21. South Asian Folklore in Transition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Indian Subcontinent has been at the centre of folklore inquiry since the 19th century, yet, while much attention was paid to India by early scholars, folkloristic interest in the region waned over time until it virtually disappeared from the research agendas of scholars working in the discipline of folklore and folklife. This fortunately changed in the 1980s when a newly energized group of younger scholars, who were interested in a variety of new approaches that went beyond the textual interface, returned to folklore as an untapped resource in South Asian Studies. This comprehensive volume further reinvigorates the field by providing fresh studies and new models both for studying the “lore” and the “life” of everyday people in the region, as well as their engagement with the world at large. By bringing Muslims, material culture, diasporic horizons, global interventions and politics to bear on South Asian folklore studies, the authors hope to stimulate more dialogue across theoretical and geographical borders to infuse the study of the Indian Subcontinent’s cultural traditions with a new sense of relevance that will be of interest not only to areal specialists but also to folklorists and anthropologists in general. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture.
South Asian Folklore
South Asian Folklore - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook South Asian Folklore write by Peter Claus. This book was released on 2020-10-28. South Asian Folklore available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Myths and Legends of South Asia and Southeast Asia
Myths and Legends of South Asia and Southeast Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Myths and Legends of South Asia and Southeast Asia write by World Book. This book was released on 2015. Myths and Legends of South Asia and Southeast Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. How did the crow get its black feathers? How do the gods protect the people from drought and other natural disasters? Explore the rich mythologies and legends of the many cultures of the peoples of South and Southeast Asia. Famous Myths and Legends is a beautifully photographed and illustrated 12-volume series designed to narrate the ancient mythologies and inherited stories from the many diverse cultures throughout the world.
The Dialectical Primatologist
The Dialectical Primatologist - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Dialectical Primatologist write by Nicholas Malone. This book was released on 2021-10-24. The Dialectical Primatologist available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Dialectical Primatologist identifies the essential parameters vital for the continued coexistence of hominoids (apes and humans), synthesising primate research and conservation in order to develop culturally compelling conservation strategies required for the facilitation of hominoid coexistence. As unsustainable human activities threaten many primate species with extinction, effective conservation strategies for endangered primates will depend upon our understanding of behavioural response to human-modified habitats. This is especially true for the apes, who are arguably our most powerful connection to the natural world. Recognising the inseparability of the natural and the social, the dialectical approach in this book highlights the heterogeneity and complexity of ecological relationships. Malone stresses that ape conservation requires a synthesis of nature and culture that recognises their inseparability in ecological relationships that are both biophysically and socially formed, and seeks to identify the pathways that lead to either hominoid coexistence or, alternatively, extinction. This book will be of keen interest to academics in biological anthropology, primatology, environmental anthropology, conservation and human–animal studies.
Gender in South Asia
Gender in South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Gender in South Asia write by Subhadra Channa. This book was released on 2013-09-05. Gender in South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The book theorizes gender in terms of models generalizing upon historical sources and lived realities.
