Sacred and Secular Musics: A Postcolonial Approach

by Virinder S. Kalra

Book Overview

How does the sacred/secular opposition explain itself in the context of musical production? This volume traces this binary as it frames Western Classical music and Indian Classical music in the 18th and 19th centuries, laying the ground for a contemporary exploration of what is ostensibly sacred music in South Asia. Offering a potent critique of musicological knowledge-making, Virinder S. Kalra explores examples of South Asian musics in various...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474288855
• ISBN13: 9781474288859
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"