Hindi poetry in a musical genre : ṭhumrī lyrics / Lalita du Perron.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Perron, Lalita, 1967-

Series:

Royal Asiatic Society books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindi poetry--History and criticism.

Hindi poetry.

Thumris--History and criticism.

Thumris.

Physical Description:

xiii, 234 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

Summary:

Indian classical music has long been attractive to Western audiences, most prominently since the Beatles' sessions with Ravi Shankar in the 1960s. This fascination with the musical genre still prevails in the twenty-first century.

Hindi Poetry in a Musical Genre examines thumri lyrics, a major genre of Hindustani music, from a primarily linguistic perspective. On a cultural level, it discusses the interface between devotional and secular poetry. Furthermore, it explains the impact of social and political change on the musical life of North India.

Well written and thoroughly researched, this book is a valuable contribution to the field of South Asian Studies. It will be interesting to academics across the disciplines, including Linguistics, Politics, Sociology, and Cultural and Gender Studies.

Contents:

2 'I get no peace': the female voice in thumri 21

3 Pining and pranking: the themes of thumri 36

4 Courtesans and patrons: the context of thumri 51

5 'My little bed is empty': the language of thumri 64

6 Rhyme and metre: the form of thumri 82

7 Genre, authenticity and tradition 98

Main corpus 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-229) and index.

ISBN:

0415394465

9780415394468

0203968069

9780203968062

OCLC:

70114564