Author: Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter
Title: Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India
Description: Ithaca, Cornell University Press, (1996). orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xxi, 351 pp. Textual maps & photos. Minor rubbing. A label to rear cover. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction: Region, Repertoire, & Genre; Soaking the Goddess, Celebrating Friendship: Bhojali; Brave Daughters, Bound Kings: A Female Tradition of Reversal: Dalkhai; Land of Wealth, Land of Famine: The " Parrot Dance" in Ritual & Narrative: Sua Nac; Joining Verse to Verse: Professional Storytelling & Individual Creativity: Kathani Kuha; "This Is Our Story": A Chhattisgarhi Epic: Candaini; Pandvani Heroines, Chhattisgarhi Daughters: Pandvani; Conclusion: Shifting Boundaries of Genre & Community; ; performance Texts: The Song of Subanbali; Kathani Kuha: Of Friendship, Love, & Memory; Sample Transcriptions of Performance Texts.

Keywords: Chhattisharhi Folklore, India Folk Tales, Chhattisgarh Genre, Gender Ethnology, Anthropology, Myth Mythology, Oral Literature, South Asia, Ethnography