The Tamil Padam: A Dance Music Genre of South India

by Matthew Allen

This book is a study of the Bharata Natyam dance genre "padam" focusing on its patrons and composers and its formal structure, texts, and music. It examines the "rewriting" of South Indian dance and the decades-long debates over the classicization and ownership of South Indian music. The control over the representation of the arts is a subject that should resonate with scholars working in a wide variety of genres and across many countries. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9814968560
• ISBN13: 9789814968560
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"