[INDOLOGY] Book recommendations? Folklore, British colonial era

[Valerie Roebuck]

The Rites of the Twice-Born, by Sinclair Stevenson. Mrs Stevenson was a missionary trying to bring Christianity to Hindu women, so her account obviously reflects her prejudices. But she clearly loved the women themselves, and the book tells you a great deal about both sides of the colonial story and the way of life of upper class Hindus at the time. And it’s by and about women! Hooray!

Valerie J Roebuck

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> On 24 Jan 2021, at 22:08, jmdelire via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Dear Patricia,
> 
> Charles Allen or William Dalrymple are names you can look for. Dalrymple's books, while written for the layman, are usually full of very useful footnotes.
> 
> Dr Jean Michel Delire,
> Lecturer on Science and Civilization of India - Sanskrit texts, IHEB (University of Brussels)
> 
> 
> Le 24.01.2021 22:44, Patricia Sauthoff via INDOLOGY a écrit :
>> Dear Friends,
>> A former student is looking for some book recommendations on books
>> that cover Indian Folklore, magic and mythical tales, and an accurate
>> account of life during the era of British colonialism. (Scholarly or
>> non-scholarly work is fine.)
>> Many thanks in advance
>> --
>> Dr. Patricia Sauthoff, PhD
>> Postdoctoral Fellow
>> AyurYog.org [1]
>> Department of History and Classics
>> University of Alberta
>> Edmonton, Canada
>> Links:
>> ------
>> [1] http://AyurYog.org
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