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Love in South Asia: A Cultural History
Francesca Orsini (Ed.)
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Description for Love in South Asia: A Cultural History
Hardback. The essays in this book explore how love has been expressed in the languages and cultures of South Asia. Editor(s): Orsini, Francesca. Series Editor(s): Faculty Of Oriental Studies. Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: HBG; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 760.
Love may be a universal feeling, but culture and language play a crucial role in defining it. Idioms of love have a long history, and within every society there is always more than one discourse, be it prescriptive, religious, or gender-specific, available at any given time. This book explores the idioms of love that have developed in South Asia, those words, conceptual clusters, images and stories which have interlocked and grown into repertoires. Including essays by literary scholars, historians, anthropologists, film historians and political theorists, the collection unravels the interconnecting strands in the history of the concept (shringara, 'ishq, prem ... Read more
Love may be a universal feeling, but culture and language play a crucial role in defining it. Idioms of love have a long history, and within every society there is always more than one discourse, be it prescriptive, religious, or gender-specific, available at any given time. This book explores the idioms of love that have developed in South Asia, those words, conceptual clusters, images and stories which have interlocked and grown into repertoires. Including essays by literary scholars, historians, anthropologists, film historians and political theorists, the collection unravels the interconnecting strands in the history of the concept (shringara, 'ishq, prem ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521856782
SKU
V9780521856782
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About Francesca Orsini (Ed.)
Francesca Orsini is Lecturer in Hindi at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of The Hindi Public Sphere: 1920–1940. Language and Literature in the Age of Nationalism (2002).
Reviews for Love in South Asia: A Cultural History
'Those interested in demonstrating to students some of the ways in which 'continuous tradition' works - how it seeps generically 'upward' while percolating 'down' and stretching across time - will recognise this volume as an important contribution.' The Journal of Asian Studies