The Politics of Musical Time: Expanding Songs and Shrinking Markets in Bengali Devotional Performance

by Eben Graves

How do the temporal features of sacred music affect social life in South Asia? Due to new time constraints in commercial contexts, devotional musicians in Bengal have adapted longstanding features of musical time linked with religious practice to promote their own musical careers.

The Politics of Musical Time traces a lineage of singers performing a Hindu devotional song known as kīrtan in the Bengal...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253064376
• ISBN13: 9780253064370
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 430 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher