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Author Weidman, Amanda J., 1970- author.

Title Singing the classical, voicing the modern : the postcolonial politics of music in South India / Amanda J. Weidman
Published Durham : Duke University Press, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages) : illustrations
Series e-Duke books scholarly collection.
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
Summary An ethnographic history and critique of the emergence of South Indian carnatic music as a "classical" music in the 20th century
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-342) and index
Notes English
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Subject Music -- India, South -- History and criticism
Music -- Social aspects -- India, South
Politics and culture -- India, South
24.70 ethnomusicology.
MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- International.
MUSIC -- Ethnic.
Music
Music -- Social aspects
Politics and culture
Klassische Musik
Rezeption
Volksmusik
Notenschrift
Musik
Karnatic music.
South India
Indien -- Süd
India.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780822388050
0822388057