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The voice in the drum : music, language, and emotion in Islamicate South Asia /

Based on extensive research in India and Pakistan, this study examines the ways drumming and voices interconnect over vast areas of South Asia and considers what it means for instruments to be voice-like and carry textual messages in particular contexts. Richard K. Wolf employs a hybrid, novelistic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wolf, Richard K., 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Drumming, language, and the voice in South Asia
  • Emotional agents
  • Tone and stroke
  • Beyond the Måatra
  • Muharram in Multan
  • Shah Jamal
  • Madho Lal
  • The manifest and the hidden
  • The voice in the drum
  • A silver box
  • Appendix A: Dhåimåa and måatam
  • Appendix B: Summary of commemorative themes on particular days of Muharram in South Asia
  • Appendix C: Cast of characters by Chapter; Key figures in the Karbala story.