Contradictory Lives

Contradictory Lives
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 9780199396849
ISBN-13 : 0199396841
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Book Synopsis Contradictory Lives by : Lisa I. Knight

Download or read book Contradictory Lives written by Lisa I. Knight and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this multi-sited ethnographic study, Knight explores the everyday lives of women of the Baul tradition of musical mystics in India and Bangladesh. She demonstrates that Baul women construct a meaningful life as they navigate between conflicting expectations of Bauls to be carefree and of women to be modest.


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