Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in IndiaNamdev is a central figure in the cultural history of India, especially within the field of bhakti, a devotional practice that has created publics of memory for over eight centuries. Born in the Marathi-speaking region of the Deccan in the late thirteenth century, Namdev is remembered as a simple, low-caste Hindu tailor whose innovative performances of devotional songs spread his fame widely. He is central to many religious traditions within Hinduism, as well as to Sikhism, and he is a key early literary figure in Maharashtra, northern India, and Punjab. |
Contents
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Public Performance and Corporate Authorship | 74 |
Orality and LiteracyPerformance and Permanence | 99 |
PUBLICS OF MEMORY | 133 |
Namdev and the Names Anamnetic Authorship for the Sixteenth Centuries | 135 |
Memories of Suffering in the Eighteenth Century | 162 |
A Sant for the Nation in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries | 193 |
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Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India Christian Lee Novetzke No preview available - 2008 |
Religion and Public Memory: A Cultural History of Saint Namdev in India Christian Lee Novetzke No preview available - 2011 |