Riddles of Belonging : : India in Translation and Other Tales of Possession / / Christi A. Merrill.
Can the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep hidden-whether spouse abuse, ethnic violence, or the uncertain legacies of a divinely wrought sex change. Herself a...
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| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Can the Subaltern Joke? (to open)
- One. Humoring the Melancholic Reader of World Literature
- Two. A Telling Example
- Three. Framed
- Four. A Divided Sense
- Five. Passing On
- Six. Narration in Ghost Time
- A Double Hearing (to close)
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index