TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blackburn,Stuart H.
TI  - Singing of Birth and Death: Texts in Performance 
SN  - 9780812280975
AV  - DS432.T3 
U1  - 398.2/089948 19
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Philadelphia : 
PB  - University of Pennsylvania Press, 
KW  - Bow songs
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Folk songs, Tamil
KW  - Folklore
KW  - Performance
KW  - Case studies
KW  - Tamil (Indic people)
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - DRAMA / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Note on Transliteration --; Plates --; Maps and Figures --; Introduction: Texts in Performance --; 1. Nāñcil Nāt̩u: The Shape of Place --; 2. The Bow Song as Oral Tradition --; 3. Narrative and Ritual in Performance --; 4. The Birth of Śāstā --; 5. The Death of the Little Brothers --; 6. The Marriage of Muttuppat̩t̩aṉ --; 7. Conclusions: Death and Ritual Narrative --; Appendix: Temple Plans --; Glossary --; Bibliography --; Index; restricted access
UR  - https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512800579
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