| Listen to the Heron's Words |
| Note on Transcription and Transliteration |
| Note on Kinship Terms |
 | Preface Listening to Women in Rural North India |
| 1 Introduction: Gender Representation and the Problem of Language and Resistance in India |
| 2 Sexuality, Fertility, and Erotic Imagination in Rajasthani Women's Songs |
| 3 On the Uses of Irony and Ambiguity: Shifting Perspectives on Patriliny and Women's Ties to Natal Kin |
| Plates |
| 4 On the Uses of Subversion: Redefining Conjugality |
| 5 Devotional Power or Dangerous Magic? The Jungli Rani's Case |
| 6 Purdah Is As Purdah's Kept: A Storyteller's Story |
 | 7 Conclusion: Some Reflections on Narrative Potency and the Politics of Women's Expressive Traditions |
| • | The Poetics of Resistance and the Power of Words |
| • | Changing Songs and Changing Worlds |
| Appendix Rajasthani and Hindi Song Texts |
| Glossary of Hindi and Rajasthani Words |
| Bibliography |
| Index |