Two men and music : nationalism in the making of an Indian classical tradition /

Janaki Bakhle shows how the emergence of an 'Indian' cultural tradition reflected colonial & exclusionary practices, in particular the exclusion of Muslims by the Brahmanic elite - despite the fact that Muslims were the major practitioners of the Indian music that was installed as a &#...

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Main Author: Bakhle, Janaki
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Janaki Bakhle shows how the emergence of an 'Indian' cultural tradition reflected colonial & exclusionary practices, in particular the exclusion of Muslims by the Brahmanic elite - despite the fact that Muslims were the major practitioners of the Indian music that was installed as a 'Hindu' national tradition.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 338 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-330) and index.
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