Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780195166118)

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: 0195166116
ISBN-13: 9780195166118
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2005
Pages: 360
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.40h x 6.02w x 0.77d