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The Unraveling Heart: Women's Oral Poetics and Literary Vernacularization in Marathi

The Unraveling Heart: Women's Oral Poetics and Literary Vernacularization in Marathi - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Madhuri DeshmukhPublish date:12/9/2025Pages:360
Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231217927ISBN-10:231217927UPC:9780231217927Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Hinduism, Gender StudiesBook Topic:South, Ritual & PracticesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCCM8G5WBC

The Unraveling Heart: Women's Oral Poetics and Literary Vernacularization in Marathi

Women's songs of the grind mill are among the oldest oral traditions in South Asia. They have been sung to accompany a daily household labor, making flour using a stone hand mill, for many centuries. Even today, grind mill songs are still well known in Maharashtra, testifying to the endurance of a remarkable genre. Yet these songs have long been understood through sociological or anthropological...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Columbia University PressISBN-13:9780231217927ISBN-10:231217927UPC:9780231217927Book Category:History, Religion, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Asia, Hinduism, Gender StudiesBook Topic:South, Ritual & PracticesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0604Product ID:SCCM8G5WBC
Madhuri Deshmukh is professor of English at Oakton College.
Publisher: Columbia University Press

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