EAN: 9783447113724

LEAVING THE COUNTRY I SHALL BE FREE - PAULINE S...

The present volume examines how the Siri tradition of Coastal Karnataka serves as a source of
identity. The Siri oral narrative (paddana  an indigenous genre of the Dravidian Tu u language)
relates the story of an extraordinary Tu uva woman called Siri and her female descendants. Siri
is a role-model for many local women  especially for those singing her story and performing as
her mediums in the ritual context of the deified family's annual festivals. Combining and
analyzing textual and ethnographic material  the connection between oral narratives and
personal  social and cultural identity is explored in depth for the first time: Selected Siri
texts are studied in regard to their representation of gender roles  caste-specific
perspectives and the world view and ethos pertaining to Tu u culture. In addition  the
female-oriented Siri tradition is compared to three other  more male-centered Tu u and Kannada
oral texts (K i-Cennaya  Koddabbu and Male Mad svara). The empirical data  particularly
interviews  illustrate the Siri tradition's impact on the performers' life  personal and social
identity. Altogether  the study stresses the tradition's value both on the level of the
individual and the collective  such as its socio-cultural relevance as a normative text  sacred
narrative and part of Tu uva cultural memory.

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