Title Singing of Birth and Death : Texts in Performance / Stuart H. Blackburn

Published Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016] ©1988

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Description 1 online resource : 21 illustrations Contents Frontmatter -- Contents -- Note on Transliteration -- Plates -- Maps and Figures -- Introduction: Texts in Performance -- 1. Nāñcil Nāt̩u: The Shape of Place -- 2. The Bow Song as Oral Tradition -- 3. Narrative and Ritual in Performance -- 4. The Birth of Śāstā -- 5. The Death of the Little Brothers -- 6. The Marriage of Muttuppat̩t̩aṉ -- 7. Conclusions: Death and Ritual Narrative -- Appendix: Temple Plans -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index Notes In English Online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed Dec. 09, 2016) Subject Tamil (Indic people) -- Rites and ceremonies. Tamil (Indic people) -- Folklore Folk songs, Tamil -- History and criticism Folklore -- Performance -- Case studies Bow songs -- History and criticism SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. Bow songs Folk songs, Tamil Folklore -- Performance Tamil (Indic people) Tamil (Indic people) -- Rites and ceremonies Genre/Form Case studies Criticism, interpretation, etc. Folklore Form Electronic book ISBN 9781512800579 1512800570

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