Chanted Narratives: The Living 'Katha-Vachana' Tradition
Kaushal, Molly (Ed.)
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Book ID : 4982
ISBN-10 : 81-246-0182-8 / 8124601828
ISBN-13 : 978-81-246-0182-2 / 9788124601822
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2001
Edition :
Language :
vii, 290p., 18 Col. & 8 B/W Illus., 25 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Every region / community of the world has its share of oral creativity, in varying measures though. And, accordingly, has its own legacy of 'chanted narratives': epical, historical, mythical, romantic, or even ritualistic. Which have long survived in the collective memory of its people, having been handed down from generation to generation. Confronted, however, by the 'cornucopian techno-centrism' of today's life, these oral narratives are on their way out everywhere - like many other vibrant cultural phenomena.
