Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780195166101)

A provocative account of the development of modern national culture in India using classical music as a case study. Janaki Bakhle demonstrates how the emergence of an "Indian" cultural tradition reflected colonial and exclusionary practices, particularly the exclusion of Muslims by the Brahmanic elite, which occurred despite the fact that Muslims were the major practiti oners of the Indian music that was installed as a "Hindu" national tradition. This book lays bare how a nation's imaginings--from politics to culture--reflect rather than transform societal divisions.

Author: Janaki Bakhle
ISBN-10: 0195166108
ISBN-13: 9780195166101
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/20/2005
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d

About the Author

Janaki Bakhle is Assistant Professor History at Columbia University.