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Contradictory lives : Baul women in India and Bangladesh /

In this multi-sited ethnographic study, Knight explores the everyday lives of women of the Baul tradition of musical mystics in India and Bangladesh. She demonstrates that Baul women construct a meaningful life as they navigate between conflicting expectations of Bauls to be carefree and of women to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Knight, Lisa I.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
Oxford scholarship online. Religion module.
Subjects:
Baul women > Religious life > India > West Bengal.
West Bengal (India) > Religious life and customs.
Baul women > Religious life > Bangladesh.
Bangladesh > Religious life and customs.
Identity (Psychology) > Religious aspects > Bauls.
Femmes bāul > Vie religieuse > Inde > Bengale-Occidental.
Femmes bāul > Vie religieuse > Bangladesh.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Mysticism.
RELIGION > Mysticism.
Bangladesh
India > West Bengal
Baul.
Frau.
Soziale Identität.
Westbengalen.
Bangladesch.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In this multi-sited ethnographic study, Knight explores the everyday lives of women of the Baul tradition of musical mystics in India and Bangladesh. She demonstrates that Baul women construct a meaningful life as they navigate between conflicting expectations of Bauls to be carefree and of women to be modest.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vii, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-212) and index.
ISBN:9780199773619
0199773610
0199897352
9780199897353