The Lotus and the King: Imagery, Gesture and Meaning in a Hindustani Rāg

Leante, Laura

doi:10.1080/17411910903141874

The Lotus and the King: Imagery, Gesture and Meaning in a Hindustani Rāg

Leante, Laura

Authors

Professor Laura Leante laura.leante@durham.ac.uk
Head of Department

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.

Citation

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
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.