Sacred and secular musics a postcolonial approach

How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred mus...

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Autor principal: Kalra, Virinder S. (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Bloomsbury studies in religion and popular music.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred music in South Asia. Offering a potent critique of musicological knowledge-making, Virinder S. Kalra explores examples of South Asian musics in various domains and traverses a new cartography of music in which the sacred and the secular overlap. Drawing on examples which include Qawwali, kirtan and p.
Descripción Física:1 recurso electrónico
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
Bibliografía:Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.
ISBN:9781441100450