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When God Is a Customer : Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others by Velcheru Narayana Rao, A. K. Ramanujan and David Shulman (1994, Trade Paperback)

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How is it that this woman's breasts glimmer so clearly through her saree? Can't you guess, my friends? What are they but rays from the crescents left by the nails of her lover pressing her in his passion, rays now luminous as the moonlight of a summer night? These South Indian devotional poems show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer. That customer, it turns out, is the deity, whom the courtesan teases for his infidelities and cajoles into paying her more money. Brazen, autonomous, fully at home in her body, she merges her worldly knowledge with the deity's transcendent power in the act of making love. This volume is the first substantial collection in English of these Telugu writings, which are still part of the standard repertoire of songs used by classical South Indian dancers. A foreword provides context for the poems, investigating their religious, cultural, and historical significance. Explored, too, are the attempts to contain their explicit eroticism by various apologetic and rationalizing devices. The translators, who are poets as well as highly respected scholars, render the poems with intelligence and tenderness. Unusual for their combination of overt eroticism and devotion to God, these poems are a delight to read.

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University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520080696
ISBN-13
9780520080690
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Author
A. K. Ramanujan, David Shulman, Velcheru Narayana Rao
Publication Name
When God ISA Customer : Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1994
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
158 Pages

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Item Weight
8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pl4780.65.E5 1994
Table of Content
Preface Introduction The Songs ANNAMAYYA RUDRAKAVI KSETRAYYA SARAN GAP ANI Poem to Lord KONKANESVARA Notes to the Text Notes to the Songs Index of Refrains
Copyright Date
1994
Target Audience
College Audience
Topic
History & Criticism, Asian / General, Hinduism / General, General, Poetry, Ethnic
Lccn
93-028264
Dewey Decimal
894.82713
Dewey Edition
20
Genre
Literary Criticism, Music, Religion, Poetry

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