Modernizing Composition Sinhala Song, Poetry, and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sri Lanka - South Asia Across the Disciplines

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.   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.

ISBN:	9780520294714
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	22 Mar 2017
DEWEY:	891.4817109
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	xii, 213
Weight:	322g
Height:	152mm
Width:	227mm
Spine width:	22mm

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