Tales, tunes, and tassa drums : retention and invention in Indo-Caribbean music /
"Today's popular tassa drumming emerged from the fragments of transplanted Indian music traditions half-forgotten and creatively recombined, rearticulated, and elaborated into a dynamic musical genre. A uniquely Indo-Trinidadian form, tassa drumming invites exploration of how the distincti...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Urbana ; Chicago ; Springfield :
University of Illinois Press,
[2015]
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Global Perspectives on the Indo-Caribbean Bhojpuri Diaspora and Its Music
- 2. The Trajectories of Transplants: Singing Alha, Birha, and the Ramayan in the Indic Caribbean
- 3. Chowtal and the Dantal: Finding Fertile Soil in the New Homelands
- 4. Bhojpuri Diasporic Music and the Encounter with India
- 5. Tassa Drumming from India to the Caribbean and Beyond
- 6. Concluding Perspectives
- Notes
- Glossary
- References
- Index