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No One Cries for the Dead : Tamil Dirges, Rowdy Songs, and Graveyard Petitions
No One Cries for the Dead Tamil Dirges Rowdy Songs and Graveyard Petitions
Author: Isabelle Clark-Deces
At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Deces demonstrates that rather than mourn t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520243132
ISBN-10: 0520243137
Publication Date: 2/22/2005
Pages: 252
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Publisher: University of California Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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