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020			_a9780192867346 _qhbk.
040			_beng _cJGU
041			_aeng
100			_aKapuria, Radha, _91659000 _eauthor
245			_aMusic in colonial Punjab : _bcourtesans, bards, and connoisseurs, 1800-1947 / _cRadha Kapuria.
260			_aOxford : _bOxford University Press, _c2023.
520			_a"This book offers the first social history of music in undivided Punjab (1800-1947), beginning at the Lahore court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and concluding at the Patiala royal darbar. It unearths new evidence for the centrality of female performers and classical music in a region primarily viewed as a folk music centre, featuring a range of musicians and dancers -from 'mirasis' (bards) and 'kalawants' (elite musicians), to 'kanjris' (subaltern female performers) and 'tawaifs' (courtesans). A central theme is the rise of new musical publics shaped by the anglicized Punjabi middle classes, and British colonialists' response to Punjab's performing communities. The book reveals a diverse connoisseurship for music with insights from history, ethnomusicology, and geography on an activity that still unites a region now divided between India and Pakistan."--
600			_aMaharaja Ranjit Singh _91659767
650			_aPunjab--Music _y1800-1947. _91659768
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