Multiple Authenticities in Motion: Styles and Stances in Sikh Sabad Kīrtan

Autor: Inderjit N. Kaur
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Yearbook for Traditional Music. 48:71-93
ISSN: 2304-3857
0740-1558
DOI: 10.5921/yeartradmusi.48.2016.0071
Popis: In ethnomusicology and related fields, an encounter in fieldwork with discourses of authenticity is an alert to issues of representation and the need to take the reach of one's conceptualization and analysis beyond the authorizing voices of a limited number of stakeholders. Unfortunately, this has not been the case for recent scholarship on the musical aspects of Sikh sabad kīrtan (sung sacred poetry). In this article I argue that bringing in multiple voices of listeners and musicians enables both a better understanding of this devotional practice as well as an expanded and dynamic conceptualization of authenticity.
Databáze: OpenAIRE