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Bhangra Moves - From Ludhiana to London and Beyond (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,682
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Bhangra Moves - From Ludhiana to London and Beyond (Paperback): Anjali Gera Roy

Bhangra Moves - From Ludhiana to London and Beyond (Paperback)

Anjali Gera Roy

Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series

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Bhangra is commonly understood as the hybrid music produced in Britain by British Asian music producers through mixing Panjabi folk melodies with western pop and black dance rhythms. This is derived from a Punjabi harvest dance of the same name. This book looks at Bhangra's global flows from one of its originary sites, the Indian subcontinent, to contribute to the understanding of emerging South Asian cultural practices such as Bhangra or Bollywood in multi-ethnic societies. It seeks to trace Bhangra's moves from Punjab and its 'return back' to look at the forces that initiate and regulate global flows of local texts and to ask how their producers and consumers redirect them to produce new definitions of culture, identity and nation. The critical importance of this book lies in understanding the difference between the present globalizing wave and previous trans-local movements. Gera Roy contrasts the frames of cultural imperialism with those of cultural invasion to show how Indian cultures have constantly reinvented themselves by cross-pollinating with 'invading' cultures such as Hellenic, Persian, Arabic and many others in the past. By looking at Bhangra's flows to and from India, the book revises the relation between culture, space and identity and challenges boundaries. It weighs both the uses and costs of visibility provided by global networks to marginalized groups in diverse localities and explores whether collaborations between Bhangra practitioners, largely of working class origin, give ordinary people any control over the circulation of culture in the global village. Finally, the book considers whether cultural practices can alter hierarchies and power structures in the real world.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Release date: November 2016
First published: 2010
Authors: Anjali Gera Roy
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-25557-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
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LSN: 1-138-25557-2
Barcode: 9781138255579

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