Dhol : Drummers, Identities, and Modern Punjab / Gibb Schreffler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schreffler, Gibb, author.

Series:

Illinois scholarship online.

Illinois scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dholi--Social aspects--India--Punjab.

Dholi.

Music--Social aspects--India--Punjab.

Music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

An icon of global Punjabi culture, the dhol drum inspires an unbridled love for the instrument far beyond its application to regional vernacular music. Yet the identities of dhol players within their local communities and the broadly conceived Punjabi nation remain obscure. Gibb Schreffler draws on two decades of research to investigate dhol's place among the cultural formations within Punjabi communities. Analyzing the identities of musicians, Schreffler illuminates concepts of musical performance, looks at how these concepts help create or articulate Punjabi social structure, and explores identity construction at the intersections of ethnicity, class, and nationality in Punjab and the diaspora.

Contents:

Introduction. Drumming to the Beat of a Different March

The Short End of the Stick : Strategies of Identification

Dhol Manifested : Body, Sound, and Structure

Asking Rude Questions : Dholi Ethnicity

A Portrait of a Dholi and His Community

Becoming and Being a Dholi

Dhol Players in a New World

Return to Punjab, Turning Punjab.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2022).

Also issued in print: 2021.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Schreffler, Gibb Dhol

ISBN:

9780252053016

025205301X

OCLC:

1267403342