In Musical Resilience, Shalini Ayyagari shows how professional low-caste musicians from the Thar Desert borderland of Rajasthan, India have skillfully reinvented their cultural and economic value in postcolonial India. Before India's independence in 1947, the Manganiyar community of hereditary musicians were tied to traditional patrons over centuries and through hereditary ties. In postcolonial India, traditional patronage relations faded due to new political conditions, technological shifts, and cultural change.
Ayyagari uses resilience, one of the most poignant keywords of our times, to understand how Manganiyar musicians sustain and enliven their cultural significance after the fading of traditional patronage.
| ISBN: | 9780819500106 |
| Publication date: | 8th November 2022 |
| Author: | Shalini R Ayyagari |
| Publisher: | Wesleyan University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Music/culture |
| Genres: |
Other global and regional music styles Ethnic studies Social and cultural anthropology |
In Musical Resilience, Shalini Ayyagari shows how professional low-caste musicians from the Thar Desert borderland of Rajasthan, India have skillfully reinvented their cultural and economic value in postcolonial India. Before India's independence in 1947, the Manganiyar community of hereditary musicians were tied to traditional patrons over centuries and through hereditary ties.
Musical Resilience features in the following genres: Other global and regional music styles, Ethnic studies, Social and cultural anthropology
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Musical Resilience was written by Shalini R Ayyagari and published by Wesleyan University Press
Musical Resilience has 256 pages
Yes it is part of Music/culture series
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