The Artisans of Banaras : : Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986 /

The Artisans of Banaras : : Popular Culture and Identity, 1880-1986 / / Nita Kumar.

Nita Kumar offers an evocative and sensitive portrayal of rarely explored aspects of Hindu culture through her analysis of the way leisure time is used by Hindu and Muslim artisans of Banaras--the weavers, metalworkers, and woodworkers. Music, festivals, the place of physical culture, and the import...

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Kumar, Nita,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2017]
©1988
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 5035
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Physical Description:1 online resource (306 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Note on Translation
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Artisans of Banaras
  • 2. The Question of Identity
  • 3. The Banaras of the Artisans
  • 4. The Outer Side
  • 5. The Body and Its Pleasures
  • 6. The Artisans' World of Music
  • 7. Cutting Off the Nose, and Other Obscenities
  • 8. More on the Question of Identity
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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