Reading the metaphors in Baul songs : some reflections on the social history of rural colonial Bengal
This thesis breaks with existing scholarship on the Bauls by moving away from an exclusive interrogation of their esoteric beliefs and practices. Instead, we forestage the socio-historical dimensions of metaphors found in Baul songs. Rather than using these metaphors as keys to unlock the esoteric r...
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SOAS, University of London
2009
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.758496 |