Patchwork jacket and loincloth: An ethnographic study of the Bauls of Bengal

This dissertation is an ethnographic study of the Bauls of Bengal, a specific group of people who are mendicant religious musicians and whose religious beliefs and practices are expressed in their songs. Since Rabindranath Tagore called the attention of the public to the richness of the Baul songs and their religion, a number of people have collected Baul songs, and studied and written about the Bauls. However, they have primarily dealt with Baul songs, Baul religion, and/or Baul music. Unfortunately, there is virtually no anthropological or ethnographic literature that attempts a scholarly presentation of the Bauls as people. The basic objective of this study is to meet this scholarly need.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Anthropology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Murase, Satoru

Contributors dc:contributor

• Gould, Harold A.

• Religion, History of
• Anthropology, Cultural
• Music

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1991 Murase, Satoru

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9210929
(UMI)AAI9210929

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/19689