[DOWNLOAD] "No One Cries for the Dead" by Isabelle Clark-Decès * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: No One Cries for the Dead
- Author : Isabelle Clark-Decès
- Release Date : January 22, 2005
- Genre: Anthropology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 8002 KB
Description
At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.