Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics

Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
Author :
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 584
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0226340503
ISBN-13 : 9780226340500
Rating : 4/5 (500 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics by : Alf Hiltebeitel

Download or read book Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics written by Alf Hiltebeitel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1999-05 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana—continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics offers an unprecedented exploration into South Asia's regional epic traditions. Using his own fieldwork as a starting point, Alf Hiltebeitel analyzes how the oral tradition of the south Indian cult of the goddess Draupadi and five regional martial oral epics compare with one another and tie in with the Sanskrit epics. Drawing on literary theory and cultural studies, he reveals the shared subtexts of the Draupadi cult Mahabharata and the five oral epics, and shows how the traditional plots are twisted and classical characters reshaped to reflect local history and religion. In doing so, Hiltebeitel sheds new light on the intertwining oral traditions of medieval Rajput military culture, Dalits ("former Untouchables"), and Muslims. Breathtaking in scope, this work is indispensable for those seeking a deeper understanding of South Asia's Hindu and Muslim traditions. This work is the third volume in Hiltebeitel's study of the Draupadi cult. Other volumes include Mythologies: From Gingee to Kuruksetra (Volume One), On Hindu Ritual and the Goddess (Volume Two), and Rethinking the Mahabharata (Volume Four).


Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics Related Books

Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
Language: en
Pages: 584
Authors: Alf Hiltebeitel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999-05 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana—continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking
Rethinking India's Oral and Classical Epics
Language: en
Pages: 575
Authors: Alf Hiltebeitel
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-02-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

Throughout India and Southeast Asia, ancient classical epics—the Mahabharata and the Ramayana—continue to exert considerable cultural influence. Rethinking
Rethinking the Mahabharata
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Alf Hiltebeitel
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intric
Rethinking the Mahabharata
Language: en
Pages: 380
Authors: Alf Hiltebeitel
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-30 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

GET EBOOK

The ancient Indian Sanskrit tradition produced no text more intriguing, or more persistently misunderstood or underappreciated, than the Mahabharata. Its intric
The Cult of Draupadī
Language: en
Pages: 520
Authors: Alf Hiltebeitel
Categories: Draupadī (Hindu mythology)
Type: BOOK - Published: 1991 - Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

GET EBOOK

This is the first volume of a projected three-volume work on the little known South Indian folk cult of the goddess Draupadi and on the classical epic, the Maha