Folklore as Discourse

19th century Ahom Aizawl arrows Assam Assamese nationality Assamese society Basiram Bhavanamuni Bodo Brahmaputra Brahmin British caste myth chants Chennai cinema civilising colonial hegemony construction context created culture dance deities Delhi Dimasas discourse analysis dominant drama epic ethnic example female film folklorists folksongs folktales Foucault gender genres Goan goddess groups Guwahati heterotopia Hindu Hinduism Hukum identity ideology important Indian Jagar Jawaharlal Handoo kalam Kerala king kulapurana language legends literary literature madness Madras male meaning Mizo Mizoram movement Mysore narrative native oral discourse oral tradition origin pagal palace paradigm paraiyar Parvati phawar political popular Portuguese practice pulluvan reference region relationship religion religious ritual role sacred space scholars single sheets social Sohra songs South India stories structure symbolic Tamil Tamil Nadu temple term Teyyam Tezpur Tolkaappiyam tribal tribes University various village woman women words worldview worship