Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024), Book Reviews

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2024)

Music in Colonial Punjab by Radha Kapuria: Book review by Yousuf Saeed

Book Reviews

https://doi.org/10.62307/srj.v9i1.11

Published 2024-07-28

Yousuf Saeed⁺⁻

Yousuf Saeed

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Keywords

Punjab
music
colonial
history
musicology
Lahore
Partition
1947
Ranjit Singh

How to Cite

Saeed, Y. (2024). Music in Colonial Punjab by Radha Kapuria: Book review by Yousuf Saeed. Sikh Research Journal, 9(1), 56–60. https://doi.org/10.62307/srj.v9i1.11

Abstract

'Music in Colonial Punjab' is one of the first social histories of musical life in undivided Punjab. It reveals the unrecognised power of female performers in shaping the music of the region, besides sheding light on the impact of colonialism on the cultural politics of performance in Punjab.

https://doi.org/10.62307/srj.v9i1.11

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References

Janaki Bakhle. Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.

Yousuf Saeed. Khayal Darpan [video documentary], Ektara,New Delhi, 2006.

https://cinemarg.gumroad.com/l/khayaldarpan

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