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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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2009]
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Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
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