Diehl, Keila.
Echoes from Dharamsala music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / [electronic resource] : Keila Diehl. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
Introduction : Theory at home and in the field -- Dharamsala : a resting place to pass through -- "There is a tension in our hearts" : constructing the rich cultural heritage of Tibet -- Taking refuge in (and from) India : film songs, angry mobs, and other exilic pleasures and fears -- The West as surrogate Shangri-La : rock and roll and rangzen as style and ideology -- The nail that sticks up gets hammered down : making modern Tibetan music -- Little jolmo bird in the willow grove : crafting Tibetan song lyrics -- A peek through ragged tent flaps and Heaven's door : concerts that rupture and bond -- Conclusion : Cycles, echoes, and their implications.
In this book, Keila Diehl uses music to understand the experiences of Tibetans living in Dharamsala, a town in the Indian Himalayas that for more than 40 years has been home to Tibet's government-in-exile.
0520230434 0520230442 0520936000 0585468788 9780520230439 9780520230446 9780520936003 9780585468785
22573/cttt519j JSTOR
Tibetans--Music--History and criticism.--India--Dharmsāla
MUSIC--Ethnomusicology.
Electronic books.
ML338.8.D53 / D54 2002eb
780/.89/954054
Echoes from Dharamsala music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / [electronic resource] : Keila Diehl. - Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002. - 1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
Introduction : Theory at home and in the field -- Dharamsala : a resting place to pass through -- "There is a tension in our hearts" : constructing the rich cultural heritage of Tibet -- Taking refuge in (and from) India : film songs, angry mobs, and other exilic pleasures and fears -- The West as surrogate Shangri-La : rock and roll and rangzen as style and ideology -- The nail that sticks up gets hammered down : making modern Tibetan music -- Little jolmo bird in the willow grove : crafting Tibetan song lyrics -- A peek through ragged tent flaps and Heaven's door : concerts that rupture and bond -- Conclusion : Cycles, echoes, and their implications.
In this book, Keila Diehl uses music to understand the experiences of Tibetans living in Dharamsala, a town in the Indian Himalayas that for more than 40 years has been home to Tibet's government-in-exile.
0520230434 0520230442 0520936000 0585468788 9780520230439 9780520230446 9780520936003 9780585468785
22573/cttt519j JSTOR
Tibetans--Music--History and criticism.--India--Dharmsāla
MUSIC--Ethnomusicology.
Electronic books.
ML338.8.D53 / D54 2002eb
780/.89/954054