Folklore, religion and the songs of a Bengali madman : a journey between performance and the politics of cultural representation /

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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Main Author: Lorea, Carola Erika, 1987-

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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Bhabāpāglā, > 1902-1984.
Bauls > Religion.
Bauls > Songs and music.

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Call Number: BL1284.84 .L67 2016

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t Introduction /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t 1 Context: Bauls, Baul Literature and the Absence of Bhaba Pagla /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t 2 Composition: The Songs of a Migrant Avadhūta /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t 3 Performance: Music for Money, Songs for Salvation /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t 4 Transmission, Tradition and Technology: Training and Learning in the Bhaba Pagla Community /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t Conclusions /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t Appendix: A Selection of Songs of Bhaba Pagla in English Translation /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t References /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t Index of Names /  |r Carola Erika Lorea --   |t General Index /  |r Carola Erika Lorea. 
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