| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Jerusalem studies in religion and culture,
1570-078X ;
volume 22
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Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; v. 22.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Why Songs, and Why Bhaba Pagla's Songs? -- How to Study Bhaba Pagla's Lyrics? -- Filling the Gaps -- Limits, Obstacles and Strategies to Overcome Them -- Researching Sources -- Structure of the Book -- Context: Bauls, Baul Literature and the Absence of Bhaba Pagla -- Digesting a Critical Debate: Bauls' State of Art -- Representing Bhaba Pagla in Academic and Popular Literature -- Escaping Classifications, Disappointing "The Communists": Perspectives on Bhaba Pagla's Absence from the Literature on Bauls -- Lack of Individuals, Focus on Traditions -- The "Archeology of Knowledge" on Bengali Oral Traditions -- A New Perspective for the Development of the Field -- Composition: The Songs of a Migrant Avadhuta -- The Composer: From Bhabendramohan to Bhaba "the Mad" -- The Compositions: A Return Trip from the Voice to the Ink -- Performance: Music for Money, Songs for Salvation -- A Multitude of Performative Contexts -- The Performers: Footprints of Dust in the Limelight -- Enactment of the Performance: Sound, Text and the Sadhana of Singing -- Transmission, Tradition and Technology: Training and Learning in the Bhaba Pagla Community -- Transmission and Its Media -- Technologizing of the Wor(l)d: The Impact of Audio-Video Reproduction Technologies on the Guru-Disciple Line of Transmission. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bhabāpāglā, 1902-1984.
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Bhabāpāglā, 1902-1984. |
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Bauls -- Religion.
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Bauls. |
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Religion. |
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Bauls -- Songs and music.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Songs and music.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Lorea, Carola Erika, 1987- Folklore, religion and the songs of a Bengali madman. Leiden : BRILL, 2016 9789004324701 (DLC) 2016023223 (OCoLC)950430793 |
| ISBN |
9789004324718 (electronic book) |
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9004324712 (electronic book) |
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9789004324701 |
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9004324704 |
| Standard No. |
40026434135 |
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