Singing the classical, voicing the modern
Subtitle: the postcolonial politics of music in South India
By: Amanda J. Weidman
Publisher: Seagull Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9788170463191
Subjects: Music; History and criticism; Politics and culture
Notes: Reprint ed. Originally published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-342) and index.
Table of contents: title: Gone native? Travels of the violin in South India; title: From the palace to the street: staging "classical" music; title: Gender and the politics of voice; title: Can the subaltern sing? music, language, and the politics of voices; title: A writing lesson : musicology and the birth of the composer; title: Fantastic fidelities; title: Afterword : modernity and the voice.