Everyday creativity : singing goddesses in the Himalayan foothills /

Kirin Narayan's imagination was captured the very first time that, as a girl visiting the Himalayas, she heard Kangra women join their voices together in song. Returning as an anthropologist, she became fascinated by how they spoke of singing as a form of enrichment, bringing feelings of accomp...

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Narayan, Kirin (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Collection:Big issues in music.
Sujets:
Music > Social aspects > India > Kāngra (District)
Women singers > India > Kāngra (District)
Musique > Aspect social > Inde > Kāngra (District)
Chanteuses > Inde > Kāngra (District)
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Voice.
MUSIC > Lyrics.
MUSIC > Printed Music > Vocal.
Manners and customs
Music > Social aspects
Women singers
Kāngra (India : District) > Social life and customs.
Kāngra (Inde : District) > Mœurs et coutumes.
India > Kāngra (District)
Australian
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Finding form
  • Tending lives through songs
  • The ground that grows songs
  • Attaining: the mountain daughter's many forms
  • Playing: Krishna's mothers, sister, and lovers
  • Going: Saili as plant and goddess
  • Bathing: the transformative flows of sound
  • Reaching the head.

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