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Storytellers, Saints and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching (Contemporary ethnography series)
Storytellers Saints and Scoundrels Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching - Contemporary ethnography series
Author: Kirin Narayan
Swamiji, a Hindu holy man, is the central character of Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels. He reclines in a deck chair in his modern apartment in western India, telling subtle and entertaining fold narratives to his assorted gatherings. Among the listeners is Kirin Narayan, who knew Swamiji when she was a child in India and who has retu...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780812281194
ISBN-10: 0812281195
Pages: 304
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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