Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels : Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Narayan, Kirin
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc., 2011.
Series:	Contemporary ethnography.
Subjects:	Storytelling > Religious aspects > Hinduism. Asceticism > Hinduism. Hindus > Folklore > History and criticism. Tales > India > History and criticism. Hinduism > Customs and practices.
Online Access:	Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:	ProQuest Ebook Central

Table of Contents:

Cover ; Title Page ; Copyright Page ; Table of Contents ; Acknowledgments ; A Note on Transliteration ; Introduction ; I: Orientations ; 1. There's Always a Reason ; 2. Lives and Stories ; 3. Sādhus; 4. The Listeners ; II: Storytelling Occasions ; 5. Loincloths and Celibacy.
6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples 7. Death and Laughter ; 8. Heaven and Hell ; 9. The Divine Storyteller ; III: Conclusions ; 10. The World of the Stories ; 11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching ; Epilogue ; Appendix I: Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms.
Appendix II: Map of India Notes ; Bibliography ; Index.

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