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_bSNO/C
100 _aSnodgrass, Jeffrey G.
245 0 _aCasting kings: bards and Indian modernity/
_cJeffrey G. Snodgrass
260 _aOxford:
_bOxford University Press,
_c2006.
300 _axxii, 226 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
505 _aIntroduction : 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.
650 _aIndia--Rajasthan
650 _aCaste
650 _aBhats
942 _cWB16