Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels
University of Pennsylvania Press eBooksPublished 31 December 1989
Kirin Narayan
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Acknowledgments A Note on Transliteration Introduction I. ORIENTATIONS 1. There's Always a Reason 2. Lives and Stories 3. Sadhus 4. The Listeners II. STORYTELLING OCCASIONS 5. Loincloths and Celibacy 6. False Gurus and Gullible Disciples 7. Death and Laughter 8. Heaven and Hell 9. The Divine Storyteller III. CONCLUSIONS 10. The World of the Stories 11. Storytelling as Religious Teaching Epilogue Appendices 1. Glossary of Commonly Used Hindi Terms 2. Map of India Notes Bibliography Index
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