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The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India’s relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India.
The study of South Asian music falls under the purview of ethnomusicology, whereas that of South Asian literature falls under South Asian studies. As a consequence of this academic separation, scholars rarely take notice of connections between South Asian song and poetry. Modernizing Composition overcomes this disciplinary fragmentation by examining the history of Sinhala-language song and poetry in twentieth-century Sri Lanka. Garrett Field describes how songwriters and poets modernized song and poetry in response to colonial and postcolonial formations. The story of this modernization is significant in that it shifts focus from India’s relationship to the West to little-studied connections between Sri Lanka and North India.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 230
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines
Publication Date:
22 March 2017
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780520294714
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
"Modernizing Composition is a product of thorough research, fresh interpretation, and clear writing; it will be of great value to readers in postcolonial studies looking to broaden their regional outlook and readers in Sri Lanka studies seeking to expand their theoretical perspectives."
Garrett Field is Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and the School of Music at Ohio University.
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Introduction
Part One: The Colonial Era
1. Nationalist Thought and the Sri Lankan World
2. Brothers of the Pure Sinhala Fraternity
3. Wartime Romance
Part Two: The Postcolonial Era
4. Divergent Standards of Excellence
5. For the People
6. Illusions to Disillusions
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
Note on Translation and Transliteration
Introduction
Part One: The Colonial Era
1. Nationalist Thought and the Sri Lankan World
2. Brothers of the Pure Sinhala Fraternity
3. Wartime Romance
Part Two: The Postcolonial Era
4. Divergent Standards of Excellence
5. For the People
6. Illusions to Disillusions
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index