| Contents |
Introduction / Sarah Morelli and Zoe C. Sherinian -- Section One. Identity in Place and Community. Introduction / by Peter Kvetko and Sarah Morelli ; A Sense of the City : Embodied Practice and Popular Music in Mumbai / Peter Kvetko ; A Melody of Lucknow : Hearing History in North Indian Music / Max Katz ; Sufi Devotional Performances in Multan, Pakistan, a "City of Saints" / Karim Gillani ; Hale da Divan : Trance, Historical Consciousness, and the Ecstasy of Separation in Namdhari Sikh Services / Janice Protopapas ; "Small Voices Sing Big Songs" : Music as Development in the Thar Desert / Shalini R. Ayyagari -- Section Two. Performance Dynamics. Style, Genre, Coding, and Function. Introduction / by Zoe C. Sherinian ; Changing Musical Style and Social Identity in Tamil Christian Kirttanai / Zoe C. Sherinian ; Professional Weeping : Music, Affect, and Hierarchy in a South Indian Folk Performance Art / Paul D. Greene ; Sindhi Kafi and Vernacular Islam in Western India ; Brian E. Bond ; Music, Religious Experience, and Nationalism in Marathi Rashtriya Kirtan / Anna Schultz ; Prestige, Status, and the History of Instrumental Music in North India / George E. Ruckert -- Section Three. Intersectional Dynamics: Caste, Class, and Tribe. Introduction / by Zoe C. Sherinian ; Mundari Performance After the Revolution: Did Dance Save the Tribe? / Carol M. Babiracki ; Systematic and Embodied Music Theory of Tamil Parai Drummers / Zoe C. Sherinian ; Caste, Class, Aesthetics, and the Making of Modern Bharatanatyam Dance ; Hari Krishnan and Davesh Soneji with a contribution by Nrithya Pillai ; Sacred Song, Food, and the Affective Embodied Experience of Non-Othering in the Sikh Tradition / Inderjit N. Kaur ; Following in the Footsteps of Muria Music and Dance / Roderic Knight -- |
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Section Four. Identity in Gender and Sexuality. Introduction / by Zoe C. Sherinian ; Bhangra Brotherhood : Gender, Music, and Nationalism in Rang De Basanti / Pavitra Sundar ; Disrupted Divas : Conflicting Pathways of India's Socially Marginalized Female Entertainers / Amelia Maciszewski ; "All the Parts of Who I Am" : Multi-Gendered Performance in Kathak Dance / Sarah Morelli ; Music and the Trans-thirunangai Everyday at Koovagam, Tamil Nadu / Jeff Roy ; Performing Youthful Desires : Bihu Festival Music and Dance in Assam, India / Rehanna Kheshgi -- Section Five. Technology, Media, and Transmission. Introduction / by Sarah Morelli ; "We Know What Our Folk Culture Is from Cassettes and Videos" : Rethinking the Popular-Folk Dynamic in the Indian Himalayas / Stefan Fiol ; The Female Voice in Hindi Cinema : Agency, Representation, and Change / Natalie Sarrazin ; Love Politics, and Life Between Village and City in Nepali Lok Dohori : One Album, Three Titles / Anna Marie Stirr ; Pedagogy and Embodiment in the Transmission of Kerala Temple Drumming / Rolf Groesbeck ; Sonic Gift-Giving in Sri Lankan Buddhism / Jim Sykes -- Section Six. Diaspora and Globalization. Introduction / by Nilanjana Bhattacharjya and Sarah Morelli ; Contemporizing Kandyan Dance / Susan A. Reed ; Desi Dance Music : A Transnational Phenomenon / Nilanjana Bhattacharjya and Rekha Malhotra ; Dance in The Round : Embodying Inclusivity and Interdependence through Garba / Parijat Desai ; Tamil Rap and Social Status in Malaysia / Aaron Paige ; Beyond the Silver Screen: Filmi Aesthetics in Bollywood Fitness Classes / Ameera Nimjee. |
| Abstract |
"This book offers an inclusive lens through which to study the music, dance, and allied arts of South Asia, its diasporas, and the people who produce and use these as cultural expressions. Based largely on the perspectives of ethnomusicologists, who study cultural meaning as constructed in sound and movement, most of these studies draw from years of ethnographic fieldwork, language study, and hands-on music and dance training. The authors in this collection understand music and dance as everyday lived experience. By "everyday South Asia," we mean the practices of South Asians living in a multitude of countries and regions, whose identities include numerous castes, classes, tribes, genders, sexualities, language groups, religions, nationalities, and other overlapping affiliations. In taking an inclusive and expansive approach, this collection aims to present an accurate picture of the many arts practiced, experienced, and appreciated by the broadly diverse people of the subcontinent and its diasporas. Through these chapters, we show how the arts are a meaningful expression of human relationships and interactions among ordinary people as well as by virtuosic performers for elite patrons. The realities, experiences, and artistic practices of the everyday person, however, have not typically been accessible to most students of South Asian music in university settings. Our intent in curating this collection is to make these diverse perspectives more readily available to teachers and students of the arts and cultures of South Asia and the world"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024030363 |
| ISBN | 9780197566237 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780197791974 (paperback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
