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Author Diehl, Keila.

Title Echoes from Dharamsala : music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / Keila Diehl
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : Theory at home and in the field -- Dharamsala : a resting place to pass through -- "There is a tension in our hearts" : constructing the rich cultural heritage of Tibet -- Taking refuge in (and from) India : film songs, angry mobs, and other exilic pleasures and fears -- The West as surrogate Shangri-La : rock and roll and rangzen as style and ideology -- The nail that sticks up gets hammered down : making modern Tibetan music -- Little jolmo bird in the willow grove : crafting Tibetan song lyrics -- A peek through ragged tent flaps and Heaven's door : concerts that rupture and bond -- Conclusion : Cycles, echoes, and their implications
Summary In this book, Keila Diehl uses music to understand the experiences of Tibetans living in Dharamsala, a town in the Indian Himalayas that for more than 40 years has been home to Tibet's government-in-exile
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tibetans -- India -- Dharmsāla -- Music -- History and criticism
MUSIC -- Ethnomusicology.
India -- Dharmsāla
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520936003
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