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Love in South Asia - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
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Love in South Asia - A Cultural History (Hardcover)
Series: University of Cambridge Oriental Publications
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Love may be a universal feeling, but culture and language play a
crucial role in defining it. Idioms of love have a long history,
and within every society there is always more than one discourse,
be it prescriptive, religious, or gender-specific, available at any
given time. This book explores the idioms of love that have
developed in South Asia, those words, conceptual clusters, images
and stories which have interlocked and grown into repertoires.
Including essays by literary scholars, historians, anthropologists,
film historians and political theorists, the collection unravels
the interconnecting strands in the history of the concept
(shringara, 'ishq, prem and "love") and maps their significance in
literary, oral and visual traditions. Each essay examines a
particular configuration and meaning of love on the basis of genre,
tellers and audiences, and the substantial introduction sets out
the main repertoires, presenting the student of South Asia with an
important cultural history.
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