1. Storytime in India works within a unique structure, following the traditional format of an Indian tale, which includes a story, within a story, within a story, etc. Readers learn quite a bit about the format of traditional storytelling in India through the structure of the work itself. 2. This book is a big resource for researchers as it contains a wealth of information on Indian wedding traditions. In particular: English translations of all 111 songs (both men's side and women's side) from a traditional Bhojpuri ...
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1. Storytime in India works within a unique structure, following the traditional format of an Indian tale, which includes a story, within a story, within a story, etc. Readers learn quite a bit about the format of traditional storytelling in India through the structure of the work itself. 2. This book is a big resource for researchers as it contains a wealth of information on Indian wedding traditions. In particular: English translations of all 111 songs (both men's side and women's side) from a traditional Bhojpuri Indiana wedding in Ballia; access to the original recordings of these 111 songs; and a timeline of events and traditions in the Ballia wedding. 3. This book is an essential resource for anyone studying traditional weddings, ethnomusicology, and India. 4. Helen Myers is a senior scholar in the field of ethnomusicology and her co-author Umesh Chandra, has been her main contact and collaborator in India throughout her research. 5. This work is not shy about explores the role of colonialism in ethnographic research through the inclusion of Umesh's responses to readings. It confronts the challenges of ethnographic fieldwork head-on, and can be read as an exploration of this methodology common in ethnomusicology, folklore, and anthropology.
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