Singing a Hindu Nation Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism

Name: Singing a Hindu Nation Marathi Devotional Performance and Nationalism
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ISBN: 9780199730834

ISBN-10: 0199730830

ISBN-13: 9780199730834

Edition: 2012

Authors: Anna Schultz

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Singing a Hindu Nationis a study ofr=agsgtr=iya k=irtan, a western Indian performance medium that combines song, Hindu philosophical discourse, and nationalist storytelling. Beginning during the anti-colonial movement of the late nineteenth-century, performers ofr=agsgtr=iya k=irtanled masses of Marathi-speaking people in temples and streets, and they have continued to preach and sing nationalism as devotion in the post-colonial era, and into the twenty-first century. In this book, author Anna Schultz demonstrates how, through this particular form of musical performance, the political becomes devotional, and explores why it motivates people to action and violence. Through both historical…

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List price: $39.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 9.21" wide x 6.10" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.748



Acknowledgments


Notes on Transliteration and Orthography


About the Companion Website



Standing on Narad's Mat: Nationalism and Hindu Performance in Western India



Marathi Kirtan and Modernity Before 1947



Naradiya Kirtan for "Modern Educated Graduates"



Rastrlya Kirtan: Resisting Modernity, Devotionalizing Nationalism



Nationalist Kirtan Within and Beyond the Post-Colonial State



"From 'Self Rule' to 'Good Rule'": Nationalism and Kirtan after Independence



The Re-Institutionalization of Marathi Kirtan



Performing a Hindu Nation



Performance, Genre, and Politics in Rastriya Kirtan



Sudhatai Dhamankar: Embedded Embodiments



Yogeshwar Upasani: The Collision of Genres and Collusion of Participants



Conclusion


Notes


References


Glossary


Index