Oral Literature of the Maharashtrian Countryside

FAIN: RZ-20301-98

Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ 85281-3670)
Anne Feldhaus (Project Director: September 1997 to March 2003)

To support the preparation of an anthology of English translations and transcribed Marathi texts of selected works of oral literature relating to the major deities of pastoralists and agriculturalists of India's Deccan plateau.

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Say to the Sun, "Don't Rise," and to the Moon, "Don't Set": Two Oral Narratives from the Countryside of Maharashtra (Book)
Title: Say to the Sun, "Don't Rise," and to the Moon, "Don't Set": Two Oral Narratives from the Countryside of Maharashtra
Editor: Rajaram Zagade
Editor: Anne Feldhaus
Editor: Ramdas Atkar
Abstract: Pastoralist traditions have long been extraordinarily important to the social, economic, political, and cultural life of western India. The Marathi-language oral literature of the Dhangar shepherds is not only one of the most important elements of the traditional cultural life of its region, but also a treasure of world literature. This volume presents translations of two lively and well-crafted examples of the ovi, a genre typical of the oral literature of Dhangars. The two ovis in the volume narrate the stories of Biroba and Dhuloba, two of these shepherds' most important gods. Each of the ovis tells an elaborate story of the birth of the god-a miraculous and complicated process in both cases-and of the struggles each one goes through in order to find and win his bride. The extensive introduction provides a literary analysis of the ovis and discusses what they reveal about the cosmology, geography, society, and political arrangements of their performers' world, as well as about the performers' views of pastoralists and women.
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://www.worldcat.org/title/say-to-the-sun-dont-rise-and-to-the-moon-dont-set-two-oral-narratives-from-the-countryside-of-maharashtra/oclc/888748604&referer=brief_results
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Access Model: Book
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Translation
ISBN: 9780199357642
Translator: Anne Feldhaus
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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