“I left a blank spot in my book of poetry, / When I created an image of your delicate waist.” So wrote Atiya Fyzee, a young Indian Muslim woman who had just seen the opera singer Clara Butt perform at ...

1. Fiction and Contexts. Introduction: Reading and Vernacular Fiction. Regarding Books. Basic Definitions. Thoughts on the Changing Social Bases for Reading Audiences 2. Fiction as Text. The Growth of ...

Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington ...