Author: Patricia A. McKilli
Publisher: Ace Hardcover
Keywords: plain, bards
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 1970-01-01
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 0441019579
ISBN-13: 9780441019571

Author: Bliss Carman
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: bards, book
Number of Pages: 148
Published: 2009-06-04
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1110457855
ISBN-13: 9781110457854

Author: Jeffrey G. Snodgrass
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: modernity, indian, bards, kings, casting
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-08-10
List price: $99.00
ISBN-10: 0195304349
ISBN-13: 9780195304343

Based on three years of fieldwork in the Indian state of Rajasthan, Casting Kingsexplores the way in which semi-nomadic performers known as Bhats understand, and also subvert, caste hierarchies. Bhats (literally, "Bards") now entertain a variety of sponsors - village patrons, foreign tourists, urban Rajasthanis, government officials, and development experts - with ballads and puppet plays detailing the exploits of Rajasthan’s long-dead kings. In some cases, Bhats suggest that their historical knowledge and poetic skills have been inherited from royal ancestors who sang the praises and ke

Author: Walker Joseph C. (Joseph Cooper)
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: bards, irish, memoirs, historical
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 2009-07-10
List price: $32.99
ISBN-10: 1110732716
ISBN-13: 9781110732715

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Authors:David C. Conrad, Sekou Camara, Laminigbe Bayo,
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
Keywords: african, west, music, culture, history, sources, mischievous, bards, upper, bala, niger, river, charismatic, people, somono
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2001-12-01
List price: $66.00
ISBN-10: 9004121854
ISBN-13: 9789004121850

The Somono are an ethnic group specialized in fishing on the river Niger. Somono Bala is an epic story. This is a translation of this narritive from the Maninka language into English.