Baul in Performance

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The volume aims to introduce Baul to the global audience by delving deep into their songs and performances. It offers a fresh perspective on the Bauls, showing how, through their unique lifestyle and strategies, they are capable of foregrounding their cultural habitus, accentuating the sahajiya principle, dismantling scriptural religion and the monopoly of colonial Bengali intellectuals, and forging an affinity with land and nature in an age of religious intolerance, global economy, and jingoism. The volume features a range of compelling chapters analysed from various critical perspectives. Postcolonialism, Religious syncretism, Resistance, Ethical Sociality, Cultural pastiche are the key traits of the volume. This comprehensive volume is unparalleled in its breadth of coverage on the Baul tradition, offering a unique perspective that has not been explored hitherto. It promises to deepen our understanding of the Baul culture from multiple critical angles, providing a significant contribution to South Asian cultural and spiritual studies. Scholars and students in fields such as Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, and Philosophy will find this volume particularly valuable for its scholarly insights and nuanced exploration of an esoteric tradition that holds a distinct place within the broader tapestry of South Asian spirituality and culture. 

Dr. Auritra Munshi is Assistant Professor in the Department of English at Raiganj University, West Bengal. His research interests include Diaspora and Migration Studies as well as Subaltern Studies. He is the co-editor of Border and Bordering: Politics, Poetics, Precariousness (ibidem/Columbia University Press, 2021). His book chapter, “Marriage and Man-Woman Relationship in Coolie Diaspora,” appeared in Kala Pani Crossings, Gender and Diaspora: Indian Perspectives (Routledge, 2024), edited by Judith Misrahi-Barak et al. Dr. Munshi’s monograph, Jhumpa Lahiri’s Works in Transition: Towards a New Space, was published by ibidem/Columbia University Press in 2024. He also translated Kazi Abdul Wadud: An Autobiography, published by ILSR, Kolkata (2025).He was a principle investigator of a Minor Research Project titled Retrieval Narratives in Kala Pani Crossings: A Study of Literary Representations, funded by Raiganj University.

The volume aims to introduce Baul to the global audience by delving deep into their songs and performances. It offers a fresh perspective on the Bauls, showing how, through their unique lifestyle and strategies, they are capable of foregrounding their cultural habitus, accentuating the sahajiya principle, dismantling scriptural religion and the monopoly of colonial Bengali intellectuals, and forging an affinity with land and nature in an age of religious intolerance, global economy, and jingoism. The volume features a range of compelling chapters analysed from various critical perspectives. Postcolonialism, Religious syncretism, Resistance, Ethical Sociality, Cultural pastiche are the key traits of the volume. This comprehensive volume is unparalleled in its breadth of coverage on the Baul tradition, offering a unique perspective that has not been explored hitherto. It promises to deepen our understanding of the Baul culture from multiple critical angles, providing a significant contribution to South Asian cultural and spiritual studies. Scholars and students in fields such as Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Studies, Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, and Philosophy will find this volume particularly valuable for its scholarly insights and nuanced exploration of an esoteric tradition that holds a distinct place within the broader tapestry of South Asian spirituality and culture.

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