Singing Across Divides: Music and Intimate Politics in Nepal
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (820 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190631988 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is an ethnomusicologist specializing in music of the Himalayan region. She is a performer as well as a scholar of lok dohori, and sings and plays several instruments. She received her PhD in Ethnomusicology from Columbia University, and has been part of music, anthropology, and Asian Studies departments at Oxford University and Leiden University. She is the 2016 recipient of the Ali Miyan Prize in Folklore for her research and performance of Nepali folk music.. About the AuthorAnna Stirr is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
An ethnographic study of music, performance, migration, and circulation, Singing Across Divides examines how forms of love and intimacy are linked to changing conceptions of political solidarity and forms of belonging, through the lens of Nepali dohori song. Through multi-sited ethnography of performances, media production, circulation, reception, and the daily lives of performers and fans in Nepal and the UK, Singing Across Divides examines how people use dohori to challenge (and uphold) social categories, while also creating affective solidarities.. Dohori ge
She is the 2016 recipient of the Ali Miyan Prize in Folklore for her research and performance of Nepali folk music.. She is a performer as well as a scholar of lok dohori, and sings and plays several instruments. Anna Stirr is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is an ethnomusicologist specializing in music of the Himalayan