Performing the “Classical”: the Gurukula System in Karnatic Music Society
Description:
Recent scholarship has revealed that the representation of Karnatic music as a “classical” art form in South Indian society was a complicated process bound to the agendas of larger early twentieth-century nationalist projects in India. This thesis explores the notions of classicalness as they are enacted in Karnatic music society through the oral transmission process from guru to shishya, or disciple. Still considered one of the most important emblems of the “classical,” the gurukula (lit. “g…
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Date:
August 2012
Creator:
Harris, Myranda Leigh
Partner:
UNT Libraries