This highly original book, based on a rich but mostly unknown corpus of oral texts from the western Himalayas, reveals a world in which gods and goddesses from the classical Indian pantheon mingle with human beings, particularly women, and take part in their everyday lives, their communal rituals, and their deepest emotions. The translated songs are ravishing, and the ethnographic ... Read moreobservations with which the author frames them are powerful texts in their own right.
David Shulman, author of More than Real Fluid, readable, and evocative, Everyday Creativity is enriched by Narayan s trademark: a painterly mastery of charming, descriptive prose. We might almost forget that we are reading anthropology yet her deep insights are gracefully woven throughout.
Ann Grodzins Gold, coauthor of Listen to the Heron s Words This highly original book, based on a rich but mostly unknown corpus of oral texts from the western Himalayas, reveals a world in which gods and goddesses from the classical Indian pantheon mingle with human beings, particularly women, and take part in their everyday lives, their communal rituals, and their deepest emotions. The translated songs are ravishing, and the ethnographic observations with which the author frames them are powerful texts in their own right.
David Shulman, author of More than Real Fluid, readable, and evocative, Everyday Creativity is enriched by Narayan's trademark: a painterly mastery of charming, descriptive prose. We might almost forget that we are reading anthropology
yet her deep insights are gracefully woven throughout.
Ann Grodzins Gold, coauthor of Listen to the Heron's Words Fluid, readable, and evocative, Everyday Creativity is enriched by Narayan s trademark: a painterly mastery of charming, descriptive prose. We might almost forget that we are reading anthropology yet her deep insights are gracefully woven throughout.
Ann Grodzins Gold, coauthor of Listen to the Heron s Words Show Less