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No one cries for the dead
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ISBN: 1597347752 1282357964 9786612357961 0520938348 1417584955 9780520938342 9781597347754 9781417584956 0520243137 9780520243132 0520243145 9780520243149 9781282357969 6612357967 Year: 2005 Publisher: Berkeley University of California Press

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At South Indian village funerals, women cry and lament, men drink and laugh, and untouchables sing and joke to the beat of their drums. No One Cries for the Dead offers an original interpretation of these behaviors, which seem almost unrelated to the dead and to the funeral event. Isabelle Clark-Decès demonstrates that rather than mourn the dead, these Tamil funeral songs first and foremost give meaning to the caste, gender, and personal experiences of the performers.

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