Folklore, religion and the songs of a Bengali madman : a journey between performance and the politics of cultural representation /
This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if exa...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
Series:
Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture
22.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303942.
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Call Number: BL1284.84 .L67 2016
| Summary: | This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if examined as 'sacred scriptures', represent multi-dimensional texts for the study of South Asian religions. Revealing how previous studies about Bauls mirror the history of folkloristics in Bengal, this book presents sacred songs as a precious symbolic capital for a marginalized community of dislocated and unorthodox Hindus, who consider the practice of singing in itself an integral part of the path towards self-realization. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 332 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-324) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004324718 |
| ISSN: | 1570-078x ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |