"... [T]ells a wonderful story, one much loved in northern India....                  fills an important lacuna in the work on oral epic." -- Lindsey                  HarlanDhola is an oral epic performed primarily by lower-caste,                  usually illiterate, men in the Braj region of northern India. The story of Raja Nal,                  "a king who does not know he is a king," this vast epic portrays a world                  of complex social relationships involving changing and mistaken identities,                  goddesses, powerful women, magicians, and humans of many different castes. In this                  comprehensive study and first extended English translation based on multiple oral                  versions, Susan Snow Wadley argues that the story explores the nature of humanity                  while also challenging commonplace assumptions about Hinduism, gender, and caste.                  She examines the relationship between oral and written texts and the influence of                  individual performance styles alongside a lyrical translation of the work.

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