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Singing the classical, voicing the modern : the postcolonial politics of music in South India / Amanda J. Weidman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weidman, Amanda J., 1970-
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Music--India, South--History and criticism.
- Music.
- Music--Social aspects--India, South.
- Politics and culture--India, South.
- Politics and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (367 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An ethnographic history and critique of the emergence of South Indian carnatic music as a "classical" music in the 20th century.
- Contents:
- Gone native? Travels of the violin in South India
- From the palace to the street: staging "classical" music
- Gender and the politics of voice
- Can the subaltern sing? music, language, and the politics of voices
- A writing lesson : musicology and the birth of the composer
- Fantastic fidelities
- Afterword : modernity and the voice.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-342) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780822388050
- 0822388057
- OCLC:
- 651944554
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