Folklore, religion and the songs of a Bengali madman : : a journey between performance and the politics of cultural representation / / by Carola Erika Lorea.

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 exa...

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Superior document:Jerusalem Studies in Religion and Culture, Volume 22
VerfasserIn:
Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Jerusalem studies in religion and culture ; Volume 22.
Physical Description:1 online resource (350 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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