Everyday creativity : singing goddesses in the Himalayan foothills / Kirin Narayan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Narayan, Kirin, author.

Series:

Big issues in music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Social aspects--India--Kāngra (District).

Music.

Women singers--India--Kāngra (District).

Women singers.

Music--Social aspects.

Kāngra (India : District)--Social life and customs.

Kāngra (India : District).

Manners and customs.

India--Kāngra (District).

Physical Description:

xxiv, 254 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.

Summary:

This book shakes creativity loose from its overvalued ties to genius and innovation, focusing instead on everyday creativity-small acts of enthusiasm and pleasure. "Whether combining words on a page, trying out ingredients for a recipe, or choosing plants for a garden, we open ourselves up to new possibilities. This is the lesson that Kirin Narayan would come to learn after she set out to study the vivid stories sung by Kangra women. Visiting the foothills of the Himalayas as a girl, coming home when her American mother settled in Krmgra, and returning through the years as an anthropologist, Narayan has learned how-singers draw on songs at different life stages. These women show here how a zest for singing brings feelings of accomplishment, companionship, happiness, renewal, and even good health-all benefits of everyday creativity. Combining memoir with ethnography and musical discovery with poetry, Narayan opens up the intimate world of Kangra song, offering unforgettable portraits of imaginative individuals and exploring why we are motivated to create. Book jacket.

Contents:

Finding form

Tending lives through songs

The ground that grows songs

Attaining: the mountain daughter's many forms

Playing: Krishna's mothers, sister, and lovers

Going: Saili as plant and goddess

Bathing: the transformative flows of sound

Reaching the head.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780226407562

9780226407425

022640742X

022640756X

OCLC:

944087618

Publisher Number:

99970014432