Tamil Folk Music as Dalit Liberation Theology /

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Zoe C. Sherinian shows how Christian Dalits (once known as untouchables or outcastes) in southern India have employed music to protest social oppression and as a vehicle of liberation. Her focus is on the life and theology of a charismatic composer and leader, Reverend J. Theophilus Appavoo, who dre...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Sherinian, Zoe C.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bloomingdon, IN : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Appavoo, James Theophilus.
Folk music.
Dalits > Religious life.
Church music.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Liberation.
MUSIC > Instruction & Study > Theory.
Intouchables > Inde > Tamil Nadu > Vie religieuse.
Intouchables > Inde > Tamil Nadu > Musique > Histoire et critique.
Musique d'eglise > Inde > Tamil Nadu.
Folk music > India > Tamil Nadu > History and criticism.
Folk music > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Dalits > Religious life > India > Tamil Nadu.
Dalits > India > Tamil Nadu > Music > History and criticism.
Church music > India > Tamil Nadu.
India > Tamil Nadu.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:Zoe C. Sherinian shows how Christian Dalits (once known as untouchables or outcastes) in southern India have employed music to protest social oppression and as a vehicle of liberation. Her focus is on the life and theology of a charismatic composer and leader, Reverend J. Theophilus Appavoo, who drew on Tamil folk music to create a distinctive form of indigenized Christian music. Appavoo composed songs and liturgy infused with messages linking Christian theology with critiques of social inequality. Sherinian traces the history of Christian music in India and introduces us to a community of Tam.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (384 pages).
ISBN:9780253005854

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