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028			_a: Brijwasi Book Distributors _b: H-87, Lalita Park, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi _c: BW/000326 _d: 18/11/2025
082			_a306.49 ORS
100			_aOrsini, Francesca.
245			_a Love in south asia _b : a cultural history. _c/ Francesca Orsini.
260			_aCambridge _b : Cambridge University Press, _c, 2007.
300			_axii, 368p. _c: 24cm.
365			_b9041
520			_aLove may be a universal feeling, but culture and language play a crucial role in defining it. Idioms of love have a long history, and within every society there is always more than one discourse, be it prescriptive, religious, or gender-specific, available at any given time. This book explores the idioms of love that have developed in South Asia, those words, conceptual clusters, images and stories which have interlocked and grown into repertoires. Including essays by literary scholars, historians, anthropologists, film historians and political theorists, the collection unravels the interconnecting strands in the history of the concept (shringara, 'ishq, prem and 'love') and maps their significance in literary, oral and visual traditions. Each essay examines a particular configuration and meaning of love on the basis of genre, tellers and audiences, and the substantial introduction sets out the main repertoires, presenting the student of South Asia with an important cultural history.
650			_aCultural history.
650			_aLove in literature.
650			_aCivilization.
650			_aLove
700			_aFrancesca Orsini
942			_cBOOK
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