MODERNIZING COMPOSITION by Garrett Field ( 9780520294714 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

MODERNIZING COMPOSITION
SINHALA SONG, POETRY, AND POLITICS IN TWENTIETH-CENTURY SRI LANKA

By:

Garrett Field

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520294718

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9780520294714

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

22 March, 2017

Series:

South Asia Across the Disciplines

Pages:

171

Description:

The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology; whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. This book examines the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka.

Synopsis:

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India's relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India.

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6 music ex, 4 b/w images

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University of California Press

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