Storytime in India: Wedding Songs, Victorian Tales, and the Ethnographic Experie

Description: Storytime in India by Helen Priscilla Myers, Umesh Chandra Pandey Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description Storytime in India is an exploration of the stories that come out of ethnographic fieldwork. Helen Priscilla Myers and Umesh Chandra Pandey examine the ways in which their research collecting Bhojpuri wedding songs became interwoven with the stories of their lives, their work together, and their shared experience reading The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope. Publisher Description Stories are the backbone of ethnographic research. During fieldwork, subjects describe their lives through stories. Afterward ethnographers come home from their journeys with stories of their own about their experiences in the field. Storytime in India is an exploration of the stories that come out of ethnographic fieldwork. Helen Priscilla Myers and Umesh Chandra Pandey examine the ways in which their research collecting Bhojpuri wedding songs became interwoven with the stories of their lives, their work together, and their shared experience reading The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope. Moving through these intertwined stories, the reader learns about the complete Bhojpuri wedding tradition through songs sung by Gangajali and access to the original song recordings and their translations. In the interludes, Pandey reads and interprets The Eustace Diamonds, confronting the reader with the ever-present influence of colonialism, both in India and in ethnographic fieldwork. Interwoven throughout are stories of the everyday, highlighting the ups and downs of the ethnographic experience.Storytime in India combines the style of the Victorian novel with the structure of traditional Indian village tales, in which stories are told within stories. This book questions how we can and should present ethnography as well as what we really learn in the field. As Myers and Pandey ultimately conclude, writers of scholarly books are storytellers themselves and scholarly books are a form of art, just like the traditions they study. Author Biography Helen Priscilla Myers has held numerous posts and published widely in the field of ethnomusicology. Currently she serves as Professor at Large at the American University of Ellis Hollow. Umesh Chandra Pandey is an elder and a farmer from Karimganj, Western Uttar Pradesh, India. A subject of American anthropological research since birth, he has now turned to writing as a career. Details ISBN 0253041635 ISBN-13 9780253041630 Title Storytime in India Author Helen Priscilla Myers, Umesh Chandra Pandey Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 544 Publisher Indiana University Press GE_Item_ID:161662874; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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ISBN-13: 9780253041630

Book Title: Storytime in India

Number of Pages: 544 Pages

Language: English

Publication Name: Storytime in India : Wedding Songs, Victorian Tales, and the Ethnographic Experience

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Publication Year: 2019

Subject: Ethnomusicology, Storytelling, Folklore & Mythology, Asia / India & South Asia, Weddings, Customs & Traditions, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Sociology / Marriage & Family

Item Height: 1.3 in

Item Weight: 29.6 Oz

Type: Textbook

Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Music, Performing Arts, Référence, Social Science, History

Author: Helen Priscilla Myers, Umesh Chandra Pandey

Item Length: 9.2 in

Item Width: 6.1 in

Format: Trade Paperback