{"product_id":"everyday-creativity-kirin-narayan-9780226407562","title":"Everyday Creativity: Singing Goddesses in the Himalayan Foothills","description":"Kirin Narayan's imagination was captured the very first time that, as a girl visiting the Himalayas, she heard Kangra women join their voices together in song. Returning as an anthropologist, she became fascinated by how they spoke of singing as a form of enrichment, bringing feelings of accomplishment, companionship, happiness, and even good health--all benefits of the \"everyday creativity\" she explores in this book. Part ethnography, part musical discovery, part poetry, part memoir, and part unforgettable portraits of creative individuals, this unique work brings this remote region in North India alive in sight and sound while celebrating the incredible powers of music in our lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With rare and captivating eloquence, Narayan portrays Kangra songs about difficulties on the lives of goddesses and female saints as a path to well-being. Like the intricate geometries of \u003ci\u003emandalu \u003c\/i\u003epatterns drawn in courtyards or the subtle balance of flavors in a meal, well-crafted songs offer a variety of deeply meaningful benefits: as a way of making something of value, as a means of establishing a community of shared pleasure and skill, as a path through hardships and limitations, and as an arena of renewed possibility. \u003ci\u003eEveryday Creativity\u003c\/i\u003e makes big the small world of Kangra song and opens up new ways of thinking about what creativity is to us and why we are so compelled to engage it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kirin Narayan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022640756X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226407562\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Kirin Narayan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48437882618111,"sku":"9780226407562","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e355bb63-5f8a-46bc-966a-7a0b2f1607c8.jpg?v=1777167414","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/everyday-creativity-kirin-narayan-9780226407562","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}