No One Cries for the Dead - Isabelle Clark-Decès
Автор: | Isabelle Clark-Decès |
Издательство: | Ingram |
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Жанр произведения: | Документальная литература |
Год издания: | 0 |
isbn: | 9780520938342 |
At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. <i>No One Cries for the Dead </i>offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.