33.2096, Books: Tamil Verbal and Nonverbal Folklore: Venugopal

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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 19:28:24
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Tamil Verbal and Nonverbal Folklore: Venugopal

 


Title: Tamil Verbal and Nonverbal Folklore 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Language and Literature 28  

Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   https://lincom-shop.eu/
	

Book URL: https://lincom-shop.eu/LSLL-28-Tamil-Verbal-and-Nonverbal-Folklore 


Author: Saraswathi Venugopal

Paperback: ISBN:  9783969390986 Pages: 240 Price: Europe EURO 66.80


Abstract:

“Folklore”, a word suggested by William John Thoms in place of the cumbersome
phrase “popular antiquities” on August 22, 1846, caught on and proved its
value in defining a new area of knowledge and subject of inquiry. Folklore can
be broadly classified into two divisions namely verbal and nonverbal. Scholars
have classified it into four divisions such as Oral literature, material
culture, social folk custom and performing arts. But the broad classification
of folklore as verbal and nonverbal takes care of the latter.

Tamil verbal folklore is Tamil oral literature, that can be classified into
folk narrative, folk song, ballad, proverb and riddle. Each division has again
several subdivisions. The present volume has taken up various topics for
analysis namely Process of hearing in village judicial system, Gift giving,
Relationship between a literary epic and its folk counterpart, Indigenous
health traditions, Protest, Indigenous medicine and Taboos that are
revealed/explained in verbal folklore.

The nonverbal folklore comprises customs, festivals, religion, games,
gestures, music, architecture, crafts and art, folk costumes and foods, folk
dances and dramas, and a major chunk of material culture, known as physical
folklife. Topics namely Function of folk costume, Hearing in Caste panchyats,
Persuasion as a sign, Folk customs, the Bow song and Food as a code have been
taken for discussion in part 2, Nonverbal folklore. Also scholars from the
fields of Linguistics, Sociology and Psychology will be benefited by this
book.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Ling & Literature
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): Tamil (tam)


Written In: English  (eng)

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