Echoes from Dharamsala : music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / Keila Diehl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diehl, Keila.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tibetans--India--Dharmsāla--Music--History and criticism.

Tibetans.

Music.

India--Dharmsāla.

Physical Description:

xxv, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]

Summary:

A personal record of the musical life of the Tibetan refugee community in Dharamsala, India, written by a young American woman who joined a Tibetan rock band while living there.

Contents:

Introduction : Theory at home and in the field

Dharamsala : a resting place to pass through

"There is a tension in our hearts" : constructing the rich cultural heritage of Tibet

Taking refuge in (and from) India : film songs, angry mobs, and other exilic pleasures and fears

The West as surrogate Shangri-La : rock and roll and rangzen as style and ideology

The nail that sticks up gets hammered down : making modern Tibetan music

Little jolmo bird in the willow grove : crafting Tibetan song lyrics

A peek through ragged tent flaps and Heaven's door : concerts that rupture and bond

Conclusion : Cycles, echoes, and their implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.

ISBN:

0520230434

0520230442

OCLC:

48053765