Dhol

Drummers, Identities, and Modern Punjab

Gibb Schreffler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

274 Seiten

2021
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-08612-0 (ISBN)

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An icon of global Punjabi culture, the dhol drum inspires an unbridled love for the instrument far beyond its application to regional vernacular music. Yet the identities of dhol players within their local communities and the broadly conceived Punjabi nation remain obscure. Gibb Schreffler draws on two decades of research to investigate dhol's place among the cultural formations within Punjabi communities. Analyzing the identities of musicians, Schreffler illuminates concepts of musical performance, looks at how these concepts help create or articulate Punjabi social structure, and explores identity construction at the intersections of ethnicity, class, and nationality in Punjab and the diaspora. As he shows, understanding the identities of dhol players is an ethical necessity that acknowledges their place in Punjabi cultural history and helps to repair their representation.

An engaging and rich ethnography, Dhol reveals a beloved instrumental form and the musical and social practices of its overlooked performers.

Gibb Schreffler is an associate professor of music at Pomona College. He is the author of Boxing the Compass: A Century and a Half of Discourse about Sailors’ Chanties.

List of Figures ix

List of Audiovisual Examples xi

Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii

Preface xv

Introduction: Drumming to the Beat of a Different March 1

1 The Short End of the Stick: Strategies of Identification 35

2 Dhol Manifested: Body, Sound, and Structure 59

3 Asking Rude Questions: Dholi Ethnicity 92

4 A Portrait of a Dholi and His Community 128

5 Becoming and Being a Dholi 148

6 Dhol Players in a New World 172

7 Return to Punjab, Turning Punjab 193

Notes 217

Bibliography 229

Index 241

Erscheinungsdatum	15.12.2021
Zusatzinfo	19 black & white photographs, 1 map, 19 music examples
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	426 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musiktheorie / Musiklehre
ISBN-10	0-252-08612-0 / 0252086120
ISBN-13	978-0-252-08612-0 / 9780252086120
Zustand	Neuware