Antharjanam
Memoirs of a Namboodiri Woman
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP India
- Date of Publication 5 April 2012
- ISBN 9780198079873
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages204 pages
- Size 220x142x12 mm
- Weight 212 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 35 b/w line drawings 0
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Short description:
The first full-length memoirs of a Namboodiri woman, the work reveals little-known facets of a Namboodiri woman's life lived behind closed doors. Told without a trace of self-pity, the work throws interesting sidelights on the social history of a largely insular community.
MoreLong description:
Ending the silence of centuries comes this startling murmur: the first full-length account of a Namboodiri woman's life describing a world long gone. Told without a trace of self-pity, Devaki Nilayamgode's work is a remarkable achievement in the domain of personal and social history.
The memoirs unfold a variety of experiences that range from changing agricultural practices and esoteric medical ones like indigenous systems of anti-snake-venom treatment to the gradual erosion of the community's wealth and unquestioned social power. With time, the winds of change brought radical ideas into these dim interiors. While J. Devika's detailed Introduction contextualizes the great changes the author describes, the many evocative illustrations by one of Kerala's most famous artists transport us into the Namboodiri woman's world.
Table of Contents:
Author's Note
Translators' Note
Introduction
Pakaravoor Illam
Amma
The Daily Routine
The Ritual Bath
Clothes
Studies
Visitors
Journey A Group Dance
Sheelavati
Floods
Waiting to Grow Up
Thuppettan
Attachment
Widows
I Know Lucy
Betal Nuts
Leavings
Smallpox
The Winds to Change Reach Mookkuthala
Doctor
Marriage
Kuriyedathu Thaatri
Fever
Harvest
Granary
Social Activism
No Regrets
Glossary
