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Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov

By Kirin Narayan

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Hardcover:

9780226568188 | Univ of Chicago Pr, March 2, 2012, cover price $58.00

Paperback:

9780226568195 | Univ of Chicago Pr, March 1, 2012, cover price $20.00

My Family and Other Saints

By Kirin Narayan

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Hardcover:

9780226568201 | Univ of Chicago Pr, November 30, 2007, cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9780226568218 | Reprint edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, September 1, 2008), cover price $15.00

Old Deccan Days or Hindoo Fairy Legends

A collection of folk tales from India's fairyland where rajas, ranis, rakshas, jackals, magicians, and cobras prevail. (view table of contents)

By Mary Frere and Kirin Narayan (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781576076804 | Abc-Clio Inc, December 1, 2002, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: A collection of folk tales from India's fairyland where rajas, ranis, rakshas, jackals, magicians, and cobras prevail.

A Belly Full of Sweets: Hindu Tales of Inner Wealth With Cards and Poster

Product Description: When he trips and lands on his belly full of sweets, the god of wealth, Ganesh, makes the moon laugh. A holy man vows to spend his life in a cave, but is gradually (and humorously) overtaken by his craving for worldly pleasures. A child with a crooked body teaches a powerful king a memorable lesson...read more

By Kirin Narayan

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Cassette/Spoken Word:

9781564557605 | Abridged edition (Sounds True, May 1, 2001), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: When he trips and lands on his belly full of sweets, the god of wealth, Ganesh, makes the moon laugh.

Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon: Himalayan Foothill Folktales

Collects Himalayan folk tales about women's rituals, divining destiny and rebirth, treachery, separation, and reunion

By Kirin Narayan and Urmila Devi Sood

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Hardcover:

9780195103489 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, June 19, 1997, cover price $115.00 | About this edition: Collects Himalayan folk tales about women's rituals, divining destiny and rebirth, treachery, separation, and reunion

Paperback:

9780195103496 | Oxford Univ Pr on Demand, June 19, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Collects Himalayan folk tales about women's rituals, divining destiny and rebirth, treachery, separation, and reunion

Love, Stars, and All That

Gita, a shy Indian graduate student studying at Berkeley, is assured by her beloved Aunty that she will meet her Mr. Right in Chaitra 2040--March 1984--and several intriguing males materialize, but none of them seems quite right. Reprint.

By Kirin Narayan

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Hardcover:

9780671793951 | Pocket Books, February 1, 1994, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Believing her aunt's predictions, Gita, a young Indian graduate student, is certain that she will meet her 'jori,' or Mr.

Paperback:

9780671793968 | Reprint edition (Pocket Books, January 1, 1995), cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Gita, a shy Indian graduate student studying at Berkeley, is assured by her beloved Aunty that she will meet her Mr.

Creativity/Anthropology

This book looks closely at contemporary issues in anthropology.

By Smadar Lavie, Kirin Narayan and Renato Rosaldo (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780801422553 | Cornell Univ Pr, January 1, 1993, cover price $47.50

Paperback:

9780801495427 | Cornell Univ Pr, January 1, 1993, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: This book looks closely at contemporary issues in anthropology.

Storytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels: Folk Narrative in Hindu Religious Teaching

By Kirin Narayan

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Paperback:

9780812212693 | Univ of Pennsylvania Pr, September 1, 1989, cover price $26.50

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