Listen to the heron`s words reimagining gender and kinship in North India

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface: Listening to Women in Rural North India / Ann Grodzins Gold and Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 1. Introduction: Gender Representation and the Problem of Language and Resistance in India / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 2. Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic Imagination in Rajasthani Women's Songs / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 3. On the Uses of Irony and Ambiguity: Shifting Perspectives on Patriliny and Women's Ties to Natal Kin / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 4. On the Uses of Subversion: Redefining Conjugality / Gloria Goodwin Raheja -- 5. Devotional Power or Dangerous Magic? The Jungli Rani's Case / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 6. Purdah Is As Purdah's Kept: A Storyteller's Story / Ann Grodzins Gold -- 7. Conclusion: Some Reflections on Narrative Potency and the Politics of Women's Expressive Traditions / Gloria Goodwin Raheja and Ann Grodzins Gold -- Appendix: Rajasthani and Hindi Song Texts -- Glossary of Hindi and Rajasthani Words.