Professor Laura Leante laura.leante@durham.ac.uk
Head of Department
The Lotus and the King: Imagery, Gesture and Meaning in a Hindustani Rāg
Leante, Laura
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Abstract
This article brings together investigation of gesture and imagery in the study of North Indian classical music, focusing on a particular rāg—Śrī rāg—in detail. The research, based on extensive ethnography and analysis of audiovisual recordings, reveals how the embodiment of sound as patterns of movement is a key to understanding how musicians associate particular images and emotions with rāgs, and at the same time how such processes of signification are intertwined with culturally embedded meanings.
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Leante, L. (2009). The Lotus and the King: Imagery, Gesture and Meaning in a Hindustani Rāg. Ethnomusicology Forum, 18(2), 185-206. https://doi.org/10.1080/17411910903141874
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | Nov 1, 2009 |
Deposit Date | Oct 4, 2010 |
Publicly Available Date | May 1, 2015 |
Journal | Ethnomusicology Forum |
Print ISSN | 1741-1912 |
Electronic ISSN | 1741-1920 |
Publisher | Taylor and Francis Group |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 2 |
Pages | 185-206 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/17411910903141874 |
Keywords | South Asia, Hindustani classical music, Rāga, Gesture, Imagery, Meaning construction. |
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This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Ethnomusicology Forum on 03/11/2009, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17411910903141874.
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