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Modernizing Composition Sinhala Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka / Garrett M. Field.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Field, Garrett, 1981- author.
- Series:
- South Asia across the disciplines.
- South Asia across the disciplines
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Songs, Sinhalese--20th century--History and criticism.
- Songs, Sinhalese.
- Sinhalese poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Sinhalese poetry.
- Songs, Sinhalese--Texts--20th century--History and criticism.
- Sri Lanka--Foreign relations--India, North.
- Sri Lanka.
- Sri Lanka--Politics and government--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) : illustrations; digital file(s).
- Other Title:
- Modernizing Composition
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- "The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India's relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India."--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Nationalist thought and the Sri Lankan world
- Brothers of the pure Sinhala Fraternity
- Wartime romance
- Divergent standards of excellence
- For the people
- Illusions to disillusions.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-202) and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version (paperback):
- ISBN:
- 9780520967755
- 978052096775
- 0520967755
- OCLC:
- 1088915429
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.27
- Access Restriction:
- Open Access Unrestricted online access
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