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Behind Mud Walls

Seventy-five Years in a North Indian Village, Updated and Expanded Edition

By: William Wiser,Charlotte Wiser,Susan S. Wadley

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Behind Mud Walls

Seventy-five Years in a North Indian Village, Updated and Expanded Edition

By: William Wiser,Charlotte Wiser,Susan S. Wadley

Behind Mud Walls is an excellent introduction to the changes that have taken place in India from the mid-1920s to today, seen from the village level. It is an engaging read, filled with first hand observations of great clarity and explanatory power. It introduces the changing world of the village, where still 50 percent of the world's population, and 75 percent of India's population, live."—Howard Spadek, author of The World's History

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Univ of California Press

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0520227107

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9780520227101

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

By: Susan S. Wadley

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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

By: Susan S. Wadley

Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur—the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser—as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding her observations and experiences to the Wisers' field notes from the 1920s and 1930s. In this long-awaited book, Wadley gives us a work of unprecedented scope: a portrait of an Indian village as it has changed over a sixty-year period. She hears of changes in agriculture, labor relations, education, and the family. But Karimpur's residents do not speak with one voice in describing the ways their lives have changed—viewpoints vary considerably depending on the speaker's gender, economic status, and caste. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, Wadley examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. She demonstrates that the forms of subordination prescribed for women are paralleled by those prescribed for lower castes. Villagers also speak of political struggles in India, and of the importance of religion when confronting change. Their stories, songs, and life histories reveal the rich fabric of Karimpur and show how much can be learned from listening to its people.

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Univ of California Press

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0520914333

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9780520914339

South Asia in the World: An Introduction

An Introduction

By: Susan S Wadley

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South Asia in the World: An Introduction

An Introduction

By: Susan S Wadley

This first book in the new Foundations in Global Studies series offers a fresh, comprehensive, multidisciplinary introduction to South Asia. The variations in social, cultural, economic, and political life in this diverse and complex region are explored within the context of the globalising forces affecting all regions of the world. In a simple strategy that all books in the series employ, the volume begins with foundational material (including chapters on history, language, and, in the case of South Asia, religion), moves to a discussion of globalisation, and then focuses the investigation more specifically through the use of case studies. The cases expose the student to various disciplinary lenses that are important in understanding the region and are meant to bring the region to life through subjects of high interest and significance to today's readers. Resource boxes, an important feature of the book, are included to maintain currency and add utility. They offer links that point readers to a rich archive of additional material, connections to timely data, reports on recent events, official sites, local and country-based media, visual material, and so forth. A website developed by Syracuse University's South Asia Center will feature additional graphic, narrative, and case study material to complement the book.

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Routledge

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131745958X

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9781317459583

Raja Nal and the Goddess

The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance

By: Susan Snow Wadley

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Raja Nal and the Goddess

The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance

By: Susan Snow Wadley

... [T]ells a wonderful story, one much loved in northern India.... fills an important lacuna in the work on oral epic." -- Lindsey Harlan Dhola is an oral epic performed primarily by lower-caste, usually illiterate, men in the Braj region of northern India. The story of Raja Nal, "a king who does not know he is a king," this vast epic portrays a world of complex social relationships involving changing and mistaken identities, goddesses, powerful women, magicians, and humans of many different castes. In this comprehensive study and first extended English translation based on multiple oral versions, Susan Snow Wadley argues that the story explores the nature of humanity while also challenging commonplace assumptions about Hinduism, gender, and caste. She examines the relationship between oral and written texts and the influence of individual performance styles alongside a lyrical translation of the work.

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Indiana University Press

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0253111277

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9780253111272

Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

By: Susan Snow Wadley

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Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

By: Susan Snow Wadley

The Study Of Folk Traditions Provides A Critical Look At The Accepted, Largely High Caste Male-Authored Views Of Hinduism And Society In India.

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Orient Blackswan

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8180280160

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9788180280160

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

By: Susan Snow Wadley

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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

By: Susan Snow Wadley

Susan Wadley first visited Karimpur--the village "behind mud walls" made famous by William and Charlotte Wiser--as a graduate student in 1967. She returned often, adding hears of changes in agriculture, labor relations, education, and the family. But Karimpur's residents do not speak with one voice in describing the ways their lives have changed--viewpoints vary considerably depending on the speaker's gender, economic status, and caste. Using cultural documents such as songs and stories, as well as data on household budgets and farming practices, Wadley examines what it means to be poor or rich, female or male. She demonstrates that the forms of subordination prescribed for women are paralleled by those prescribed for lower castes.

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Univ of California Press

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0520084063

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Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

By: Susan S. Wadley

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Book's by Susan S. Wadley

Behind Mud Walls

Behind Mud Walls

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

South Asia in the World: An Introduction

South Asia in the World: An Introduction

Raja Nal and the Goddess

Raja Nal and the Goddess

Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

Essays on North Indian Folk Traditions

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

Struggling with Destiny in Karimpur, 1925-1984

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