Berkeley. University of California Press. 1995. Map, black and white illustrations, xiv + 256pp, appendix, notes, bibliography, index, very good hardback copy. "This book studies one dramatic occurrence - the anti-police 'riot' of 4 February 1922 in a small market town in north India. On this violent act hangs my..... More
New York. Oxford University Press. 1994. Maps, xx + 244pp, notes, glossary, index, paperback copy in very good condition. "A lively account of the Ban Yatra, a circular pilgrimage that takes place in the northern Indian land of Braj, this anthropological chronicle offers an appealing mixture of personal anecdote, religious..... More
New York. Fordham University Press. 2009. Xiv + 380pp, notes, bibliography, index, top edges trifle bumped, hardback copy in very good condition. "Can the subaltern joke? Christi A. Merrill answers by invoking riddling, oral-based fictions from Hindi, Rajasthani, Sanskrit, and Urdu that dare to laugh at what traditions often keep..... More