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(s): Janaki Bakhle
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 360
CONTENTS......Page 16
INTRODUCTION......Page 20
ONE: The Prince and the Musician: Native States, Bureaucracy, and Colonial Influence......Page 37
TWO: Music Enters the Public Sphere: Colonial Writing, Marathi Theater, and Music Appreciation Societies......Page 67
THREE: The Contradictions of Music’s Modernity: Vishnu Narayan Bhatkhande......Page 113
FOUR: The Certainty of Music’s Modernity: Vishnu Digambar Paluskar......Page 154
FIVE: Music in Public and National Conversation: Conferences, Institutions, and Agendas, 1916–1928......Page 197
SIX: The Musician and Gharana Modern: Abdul Karim Khan and Hirabai Barodekar......Page 232
CONCLUSION: A Critical History of Music: Beyond Nostalgia and Celebration......Page 273
NOTES......Page 280
A......Page 324
B......Page 325
G......Page 326
K......Page 327
P......Page 328
S......Page 329
Z......Page 330
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 332
B......Page 348
C......Page 349
G......Page 350
K......Page 351
M......Page 352
P......Page 353
S......Page 354
Z......Page 355
