Leante, Laura
(2009).
The Lotus and the King: Imagery, Gesture and Meaning in a Hindustani Rāg.
Ethnomusicology Forum, 18(2)
pp. 185–206.
Abstract
This article brings together investigation of gesture and imagery in the study of North Indian classical music, focusing on a particular rag - Shree rag - in detail. The research, based on extensive ethnography and analysis of audiovisual recordings, reveals how the embodiment of sound as patterns of movement is a key to understanding how musicians associate particular images and emotions with rags, and at the same time how such processes of signification are intertwined with culturally embedded meanings.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2009 Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: |
1741-1912 |
| Keywords: |
South Asia; Hindustani Classical Music; Raga; gesture; imagery; meaning construction |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Arts > Music |
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| Item ID: |
18992 |
| Depositing User: |
Laura Leante
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| Date Deposited: |
23 Nov 2009 12:04 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:33 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/18992 |
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