Unearthing Gender
This book is a compelling ethnographic analysis of folksongs sung primarily by lower-caste women in north India, in the fields, at weddings, during travels, and in other settings. Smita Tewari Jassal uses these songs to explore how ideas of caste, gender, sexuality, labor, and power may be strengthe...
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| description | This book is a compelling ethnographic analysis of folksongs sung primarily by lower-caste women in north India, in the fields, at weddings, during travels, and in other settings. Smita Tewari Jassal uses these songs to explore how ideas of caste, gender, sexuality, labor, and power may be strengthened, questioned, and fine-tuned through music. At the heart of the book is a library of songs, in their original Bhojpuri and in English translation, framed by Jassal's insights into the complexities of gender and power.
The significance of these folksongs, Jassal argues, lies in their suggesting and hinting at themes, rather than directly addressing them: women sing what they often cannot talk about. Women's lives, their feelings, their relationships, and their social and familial bonds are persuasively presented in song. For the ethnographer, the songs offer an entry into the everyday cultures of marginalized groups of women who have rarely been the focus of systematic analytical inquiry. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-303132025-07-30T17:01:59Z Unearthing Gender Jassal, Smita Tewari Anthropology Caste Holi Jaunpur Uttar Pradesh Patriarchy Rama Sita thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology This book is a compelling ethnographic analysis of folksongs sung primarily by lower-caste women in north India, in the fields, at weddings, during travels, and in other settings. Smita Tewari Jassal uses these songs to explore how ideas of caste, gender, sexuality, labor, and power may be strengthened, questioned, and fine-tuned through music. At the heart of the book is a library of songs, in their original Bhojpuri and in English translation, framed by Jassal's insights into the complexities of gender and power. The significance of these folksongs, Jassal argues, lies in their suggesting and hinting at themes, rather than directly addressing them: women sing what they often cannot talk about. Women's lives, their feelings, their relationships, and their social and familial bonds are persuasively presented in song. For the ethnographer, the songs offer an entry into the everyday cultures of marginalized groups of women who have rarely been the focus of systematic analytical inquiry. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-03-09 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:30 2020-04-01T13:48:52Z 2012 book 625266 OCN: 780319772 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45663 9780822394792 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30313 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/45663/1/625266.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31769/1/625266.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31769/1/625266.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31769/1/625266.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31769/1/625266.pdf Duke University Press 10.26530/oapen_625266 10.26530/oapen_625266 8b9381d6-252e-4bed-8478-ee620c861aac Knowledge Unlatched 9780822394792 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2016 Backlist Collection Durham NC open access |
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