No One Cries for the Dead: Tamil Dirges, Rowdy Songs, and Graveyard Petitions

by Isabelle Clark-Deces

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520243145
• ISBN13: 9780520243149
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"