Seeking Bauls of Bengal (Hardcover)

Part I. Background: Literature on 'Bauls' and 'Baul-songs': 1. 'What's in a name?' The advent of 'the Baul'; 2. The making of 'the Bauls': histories, themes, 'Baul-songs; Part II. In Search of 'Bauls': 3. Fieldwork in Rarh; 4. Fieldwork in Bagri; Part III. Received Classifications: 5. Two shores, two refuges: householder and renouncer; 6. Evading the two shores: the guru; Part IV. Reworking the Classifications: 7. Affect: love and women; 8. Theory: images the 'I' and bartaman; Part V. Practice and Talking about Practice: 9. Practice (sadhana); 10. Four moons practice and talking about practice (hari-katha); Conclusion.