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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Linda Hess (Senior Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.640kg ISBN: 9780199374175ISBN 10: 0199374171 Pages: 488 Publication Date: 10 September 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Transliteration Acknowledgements Preface 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 References Index"ReviewsRecommended. J. Bussanich, CHOICE """Hess decodes (for the uninitiated) the experience, confidence, and wisdom of ordinary men and women of India. She shows us how people have been living out their inner and outer lives and how they have been enriching further the traditional ""bodies of song"" through performance. By this decoding, Hess has made a lasting contribution to our understanding of some of the most poignant aspects of Indian religiosity."" -- Purushottam Agrawal, ITM University, The Journal of Religion ""[A] rich and complex book...Bodies of Song is a deeply personal testimony. Hess certainly succeeds in giving the reader a feeling of actually accompanying her on her travels, her interaction and conversations with local people, and her perception of their values, goals, and emotions. She makes us realize the 'embodiedness,' the physical and social experience inseparable from the performance of Kabir's songs...[A]n exceptionally good read-for Indologists, scholars of oral traditions and cultural communication, historians of religion, and, not least, the many who are involved in one way or another with the infinite complexity of India. All will, I am sure, find that spending time in Linda Hess's company is not also challenging, but also rewarding.""--History of Religions ""Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.""--CHOICE ""This wide-ranging and impassioned study will remain a benchmark of Kabir studies for decades to come."" --Religious Studies Review" Author InformationLinda Hess is a Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies at Stanford University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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