| Seeking Bauls of Bengal Contributor(s): Openshaw, Jeanne (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521811252 ISBN-13: 9780521811255 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Hinduism - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 294.551 |
| LCCN: 2001052403 |
| Series: New Perspectives in Music History and Criticism |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (1.30 lbs) 304 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Hindu |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Bauls have achieved fame as wandering minstrels and mystics in India and Bangladesh. They are recruited from Hindu and Muslim communities and renowned for their beautiful songs. Using fieldwork and oral and written texts, Jeanne Openshaw analyzes the rise of the Bauls to their present revered status, traversing from the conventional historical and textual approaches towards an ethnographic study of their world, where love and the body are valued and women extolled above men. Her approach is challenging and sympathetic to this spiritual and creative people. |
Contributor Bio(s): Openshaw, Jeanne: - Jeanne Openshaw is lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh. |