TY  - BOOK
AU  - Snodgrass, Jeffrey G.
TI  - Casting kings: bards and Indian modernity
SN  - 0195307755
U1  - 305.512209 
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - India--Rajasthan
KW  - Caste
KW  - Bhats
N1  - 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
ER  -