Music in Colonial Punjab by Radha Kapuria
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
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Keywords

Punjab
music
colonial
history
musicology
Lahore
Partition
1947
Ranjit Singh

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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
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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. 

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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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