{"product_id":"telling-lives-in-india-9780253217271","title":"Telling Lives in India","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA collection of essays, which considers the meaning and nature of life history narrative in India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This book serves as a window into the rich and revealing lives and self-representations of the particular individuals who have produced the life histories. In so doing, it makes very important broader points about the use of life histories in social science research in general and in the study of South Asian social-cultural life in particular.\" --Sarah Lamb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: Life Histories in India David Arnold and Stuart Blackburn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE: CONFRONTING MODERNITY\u003cbr\u003e2. The Self and the Cell: Indian Prison Narratives as Life Histories David Arnold\u003cbr\u003e3. The Reticent Autobiographer: Mahadevi Varma's Writings Francesca Orsini\u003cbr\u003e4. The Invention of Private Life: A Reading of Sibnath Sastri's Autobiography Sudipta Kaviraj\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO: TRANSLATING TRADITION\u003cbr\u003e5. The Shaik Tells His Own Story: Instruction, Pleasure, and Blessing in Maulana Muhammad Zakariyya's Aap Biitii Barbara D. Metcalf\u003cbr\u003e6. Hamara Daur-I Hayat: An Indian Muslim Woman Writes Her Life Sylvia Vatuk\u003cbr\u003e7. Cowherd or King? The Sanskrit Biography of Ananda Ranga Pillai David Shulman\u003cbr\u003e8. Life-History as Narrative Strategy: Prophecy, Song, and Truth-Telling in Tamil Tales and Legends Stuart Blackburn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART THREE: SPOKEN LIVES\u003cbr\u003e9. \"Honor is Honor, After All:\" Silence and Speech in the Life Stories of Women in Kangra, Northwest India Kirin Narayan\u003cbr\u003e10. Beyond Silence: A Dalit Life History Josiane Racine and Jean-Luc Racine\u003cbr\u003e11. The Marital History of \"A Thumb-Impression Man\" Jonathan P. Parry\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400651219287,"sku":"9780253217271","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253217271.jpg?v=1730471208","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/telling-lives-in-india-9780253217271","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}