Author: P Chenna Reddy
M Sarat Babu/
Editor(s): P Chenna Reddy / M Sarat Babu
Publisher: Research India Press
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 256
ISBN/UPC (if available): 818913101X
Description
This age of post modernism has woken up from the slumber of modernism and begun to recognize certain plus points of Pre-modern Age that have been discounted as unscientific and unreliable during modernism. Consequently, the local and the specific issues have acquired importance. Unlike the age of modernism that threatened the existence and sustenance of folklore, this Age compassionately protects and preserves the treasures of folklore. The scholars through their papers have endeavoured to describe and discuss various issues of folklore in this new millennium.
This book presents a good gamut of scholars from highly academic to greatly experienced people in folklore. All the papers are divided into three major categories. The first section covers general issues of folklore in the new millennium. The second describes various genres and themes of folklore with history and tourism. The information, the hypotheses and the analysis will certainly interest and benefit folklorists and folklore enthusiasts.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgement
About the Editors
About the Book
List of Contributors
Biodata of Prof. B Rama Raju
Folklore: My First Love
Biruduraju Rama Raju: A Founder of Telugu Folklore Research
B Rama Raju's Telugu Janapada Geya Sahityamu: A Review
SECTION I: GENERAL ISSUES OF FOLKLORE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
The Future of Folklore in the New Millennium
Folklore and Modern Indian Society
Ethnic Identity in the Modern World
Folklore and Identity
Who Owns Folklore?
Continuity and Change among Gujjars in Jammu Siwaliks
Relevance of Folklore in the New Millennium
Folklore and Globalization
Translation of Folk Literature
Applied Folklore
SECTION II: VARIOUS GENRES AND THEMES OF FOLKLORE
Who were you taking to?
Folk-Traditions of God Narasimha in A P
The Panadava Folklore in the Himalayas
A Socio-Cultural Study of Lakshmi Devara Katha
The Epic Tradition of the Kakipadigelus
Tax Evasion in Folk Ramayana
An Anthropological Study of the Punjabi Legend of Noorkhan
Myths and Legends of Goddess Kamakhya's Temple
Kafka and Mythology Transformation of Myths
A Punjabi Folk Song: The Semiotics of the Yogi
Folk-Songs as a Part of Marriage Ceremony
Gender Discrimination in Haryanvi Folksongs
Animals Sacrifice and Gender: A Study of Agricultural Rituals
Folk Beliefs and Traditions of Kumauni Peasants
The Adi Dravidar-The Social Customs of an Oppressed group
The Narratology of Yakshagana Prasangas
The Unspoken Convention in Traditional Theater
The Folkishness of the Folk Craft
Folk Arts: Forms and Functions
An Overview of Folk-Performances in Andhra Pradesh
Folklore Studies in Telugu
Folklore Documentation-Contemporary Needs
SECTION III: FOLKLORE, HISTORY AND TOURISM
Folklore, Oral Tradition and Local History
History and Folk Ballads
Oral History of Muthuvan and Their Migration
Oral Tradition and History
Semantics of Folk-words and Proverbs
Oral Tradition and Tourism: A Study of Nilgiri Hills
Emergence of Tourism
Folklore and Tourism: Their Reciprocity
Folklore for Tourism K Satya Murty
Index