Echoes from Dharamsala [electronic resource] : music in the life of a Tibetan refugee community / Keila Diehl.

By: Diehl, KeilaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2002Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 312 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0520230434 (cloth : alk. paper)Subject(s): Tibetans -- India -- Dharmsāla -- Music -- History and criticism | MUSIC -- EthnomusicologyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Echoes from Dharamsala.DDC classification: 780/.89/954054 LOC classification: ML338.8.D53 D54 2002ebOnline resources: EBSCOhost | Table of contents | EBSCOhost | Table of contents
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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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.

Print version record.