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Focus: Popular Music in Contemporary India (Paperback)
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Focus: Popular Music in Contemporary India (Paperback)
Series: Focus on World Music Series
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Focus: Popular Music in Contemporary India examines India's musical
soundscape beyond the classical and folk traditions of old to
consider the culturally, socially, and politically rich
contemporary music that is defining and energizing an Indian youth
culture on the precipice of a major identity shift. From Bollywood
film songs and Indo-jazz to bhangra hip-hop and Indian death metal,
the book situates Indian popular music within critical and
historical frameworks, highlighting the unprecedented changes the
region's music has undergone in recent decades. This critical
approach provides readers with a foundation for understanding an
Indian musical culture that is as diverse and complex as the region
itself. Included are case studies featuring song notations,
first-person narratives, and interviews of well-known artists and
emerging musicians alike. Illuminated are issues of great import in
India today-as reflected through its music-addressing questions of
a "national" aesthetic, the effects of Western music, and identity
politics as they relate to class, caste, LGBTQ perspectives, and
other marginalized voices. Presented through a global lens, Focus:
Popular Music in Contemporary India contextualizes the dynamic
popular music of India and its vast cultural impact.
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