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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Hess, Linda
Titre(s) : Bodies of song [Texte imprimé] : Kabir oral traditions and performative worlds in North India / Linda Hess
Publication : New York : Oxford University Press, copyright 2015
Description matérielle : xii, 467 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-448) and index
"Kabir was a great iconoclastic-mystic poet of fifteenth-century North India; his
poems were composed orally, written down by others in manuscripts and books, and transmitted
through song. Scholars and translators usually attend to written collections, but
these present only a partial picture of the Kabir who has remained vibrantly alive
through the centuries mostly in oral forms. Entering the worlds of singers and listeners
in rural Madhya Pradesh, Bodies of Song combines ethnographic and textual study in
exploring how oral transmission and performance shape the content and interpretation
of vernacular poetry in North India. The book investigates textual scholars' study
of oral-performative traditions in a milieu where texts move simultaneously via oral,
written, audio/video-recorded, and electronic pathways. As texts and performances
are always socially embedded, Linda Hess brings readers into the lives of those who
sing, hear, celebrate, revere, and dispute about Kabir. Bodies of Song is rich in
stories of individuals and families, villages and towns, religious and secular organizations,
castes and communities. Dialogue between religious/spiritual Kabir and social/political
Kabir is a continuous theme throughout the book: ambiguously located between Hindu
and Muslim cultures, Kabir rejected religious identities, pretentions, and hypocrisies.
But even while satirizing the religious, he composed stunning poetry of religious
experience and psychological insight. A weaver by trade, Kabir also criticized caste
and other inequalities and today serves as an icon for Dalits and all who strive to
remove caste prejudice and oppression" ; "North Indian poetry, music, religion, and
politics come to life in Bodies of Song, a textual and ethnographic work on the oral
traditions of Kabir, one of the great fifteenth-century iconoclastic poet of Hindi
literature. Linda Hess's book provides stories of individuals and families, villages
and towns, religious and secular organizations, castes and communities of those who
sing, hear, celebrate, revere, and dispute about Kabir"
Sujet(s) : Kabir (1440?-1518) -- Critique et interprétation
Tradition orale -- Madhya Pradesh (Inde)
Madhya Pradesh (Inde) -- Religion
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199374168. - ISBN 0199374163. - ISBN 9780199374175. - ISBN 0199374171
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb467754875
Notice n° :
FRBNF46775487
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Transliteration ; Introduction ; 1. "You Must Meet Prahladji!" ; 2. Oral Tradition
in the Twenty-First Century: Observing Texts ; 3. True Words of Kabir: Adventures
in Authenticity ; 4. In the Jeweler's Bazaar: Malwa's Kabir ; 5. Oral Tradition
in the Twenty-First Century: Exploring Theory ; 6. A Scorching Fire, a Cool Pool
; 7. Fighting over Kabir's Dead Body ; 8. Political/Spiritual Kabir.
