Music of Hindu Trinidad - Songs from the India Diaspora (Paperback, New edition)

Like many other small towns in Trinidad, Felicity is populated almost entirely by East Indians. In their Caribbean exile, the residents of Felicity have created and recreated the music of their Hindu ancestors. "Music of Hindu Trinidad" is a fascinating account of the history and cultural significance of Hindu music that explores its symbolic, aesthetic, and psychological aspects while asking the larger question of how this music has contributed to the formation of identity in the midst of their great diaspora.
Myers details the musical repertory of Felicity, which is based largely on north Indian genres including the traditional Bhojpuri folk songs and drumming styles brought by the first indentured laborers in 1845. In her engaging exploration of the fate of Indian classical music and new popular styles such as Hindi calypso, soca, and chutney, she even finds herself at the ancestral home of Trinidadian V. S. Naipaul in India. Copiously illustrated and accompanied by a compact disk, "Music of Hindu Trinidad" is a model ethnographic study.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology CSE
Release date:	1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	Helen Myers
Dimensions:	233 x 168 x 3mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	542
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-55453-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Folk music Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Music > Folk music Books > Music > Other types of music > Sacred & religious music
LSN:	0-226-55453-8
Barcode:	9780226554532

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