Casting kings: bards and Indian modernity/
Jeffrey G. Snodgrass
- Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.
- xxii, 226 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Introduction : caste fictions -- Cast of characters : setting the Rajasthani stage -- Obscene jesters : Bhambhi "Little Kings" in the economy of Bhat praise-singing -- Venture funambulists : composing kings in old and new Rajasthan -- The enduring power of praise-abuse : Bhat Admen in modern times -- Conclusion : making history.