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Nature, Culture and Gender: Re-reading the folktale [Kõva köide]

(Loyola College, Chennai, India)
  • Formaat: Hardback, 210 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 550 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2016
  • Kirjastus: Routledge India
  • ISBN-10: 1138676748
  • ISBN-13: 9781138676749
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  • Formaat: Hardback, 210 pages, kõrgus x laius: 216x138 mm, kaal: 550 g, 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 25-Apr-2016
  • Kirjastus: Routledge India
  • ISBN-10: 1138676748
  • ISBN-13: 9781138676749
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Märksõnad:

Folktales in India have been told, heard, read and celebrated for many centuries. In breaking new ground, Indian folktales have been reread and examined in the light of the Mother Earth discourse as it manifests in the lifeworlds of women, nature and language. The book introduces ecofeminist criticism and situates it within an innovative folktale typology to connect women and environment through folklore. The book proposes an innovative paradigm inspired by the beehive to analyze motifs, relationships, concerns, worldviews and consciousness of indigenous women and men who live close to nature as well as other socially marginalized groups.

In the current global context fraught with challenges for ecology and hopes for sustainable development, this book with its interdisciplinary approach will interest scholars and researchers of literature, environmental studies, gender studies and cultural anthropology.

Arvustused

The selection of Indian folktales is very interesting and shows what a rich vein of knowledge is stored by ordinary (and some very extraordinary) people. Highly original is the classification of tales as: Isis Panthea, Amma-I-Appan, Her-Meta, Athenas Wit, Annamangai, Sis-Tie, Woody-Woman, Vana-Devi, Tellus-Ma, Aqua-Stree, Aves-Eve and Fauna-Fem. Each of these classificatory names shows a sense of humour embedded in deep poetic and symbolic understanding of the mythic oral tradition. The author combines linguistic knowledge along with an understanding of the hidden mother lode of the story seam.

Susan Hawthorne, Adjunct Professor, James Cook University, Australia

Foreword viii
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1(22)
1 Mother Earth Discourse
23(34)
2 The Creator and the created
57(15)
3 Silences and speech
72(15)
4 Food, household and sisterhood
87(18)
5 Trees and forests
105(19)
6 Land and water
124(20)
7 Birds and animals
144(25)
Conclusion 169(10)
Glossary 179(3)
Bibliography 182(11)
Index 193
P. Mary Vidya Porselvi is Assistant Professor of English, Loyola College, Chennai, India, and was previously Lecturer in the Department of English at Stella Maris College (200003), Chennai. She obtained her BA, MA and PhD degrees from Stella Maris College, and recently completed the University Grants Commission project Translation of Folktales with Ecofeminist Concerns from Tamil to English. She has authored two English workbooks: Affirmative Words and Radiant Expressions (2012) and Cornucopia: English Language Learning through World Folklore (2013).