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Winter 2011
Music 467/567: MUSIC OF INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA
Religion, Nation, Gender, Media 
                                                                                                             

Meetings: Tue/Thu 11:00-12:20, Studio 27/2-11 FAB
Professor: Regula Qureshi 
Office: 347 Old Arts Bldg (Canadian Centre for Ethnomusicology/folkwaysAlive)
Office hours: We 1-2:30 PM or by appointment
780 492-0212, regula.qureshi@ualberta.ca 

Overview
                                                                                                 
	From Ravi Shankar to Bollywood and desert fiddlers, Indian music has gone global. But its roots remain strong, diverse, and local. This course explores the poetics and politics of musical genres and instruments through live and media-based case studies. The goal is to learn how individuals and groups use music as sonic expression and as a tool for negotiating change in four central domains of 20th century South Asia: devotional religion, nationalism and nation, gender identities, and media culture.		Listening and hands-on exposure to South Asian soundscapes is an important goal of the course. Graduate students (567) will also critically examine research approaches taken in the readings and AV documentation. Materials are on reserve in the Music Library and on line (Rutherford 2nd floor). All students are invited to bring their own research interests to class. NB Note extra readings required for 567 only.	
Evaluation	
467  
1 Attendance, class preparation (readings!) and participation (10%)         
2  Critical Listening Presentation (10 min) due Jan 25(10%)
	Play a sample of music related to South Asia; frame it with relevant musical or cultural information.
3. Critical Reading Report (2-3 pages) due Feb 15 (20%)
	Choose one of the assigned readings, lead discussion of this reading in class.
4. Ethnographic Report (2-3 pages) due Mar 15 (20%)
	Observe and participate in an event or activity of South Asian musical life in Edmonton. Write an ethnographic sketch based on your notes.
5 Topic Statement (1-2 pages) for final research project due April 5 (10%)
	Choose a topic related to South Asian music including relevant background information and key questions. Attach a working annotated bibliography using a standard citation format. Be prepared to discuss in class.
6  Final Paper (10+ 15 pages (30 %) due April 20 
Use academic and non-academic sources to address the key questions of your topics.

567
1 Attendance, class preparation (readings!) and participation (10%)         
2  Critical Listening Presentation (10 min) due Jan 25  (10%)
	Play a sample of music related to South Asia; frame it with relevant musical and cultural information.
3. Critical Reading Report (2-3 pages) due Feb 15 (20%)
	Choose one of the assigned readings, lead discussion of this reading in class.
4. Ethnographic Report (2-3 pages) due Mar 15(20%)
	Observe and participate in an event or activity of South Asian musical life in Edmonton. Write an ethnographic sketch based on your notes.  
5 Topic Statement (1-2 pages) for final research project due April 20 (10%).  Choose a topic related to South Asian music including relevant background information and key questions. Attach a working annotated bibliography using a standard citation format. Be prepared to discuss in class.

6  Final Paper (16-18 pages (30 %) due April 20
Use academic and non-academic sources to address the key questions of your 	topics.  
NB: Graduate Students are expected to develop a critical understanding of 	research approaches taken in the readings and in their own paper.	 

Topic Outline

Weeks 1-2  Soundscapes, Approaches
		
Weeks 2-4	Religion 

Weeks 5-7	Nation

Weeks 8-10	Gender

Weeks 11-13	Media


Class Schedule

WEEK 1:

Jan. 11 		South Asia Soundscapes, Instruments, Approaches

Jan. 13		Music and Musicians: Raga, Tala, Background and ‘Basics’
Readings:	Arnold 2000a, browse;   Visvanathan and Allan Ch.1,	 
Ref:		       Bor:1-15;  Browse Shankar1968/1976, 
Audio: 	       Bor CD 1.4);  Viswanathan and Allen Ex.1 (Kirtan) 
Video: 	       Raga Unveiled:Ch. 4 (Raga).	

WEEK 2

Jan. 18	       Musical Process, Musicians, 
Readings:     Qureshi 09, 07: 67-82; Sorrell and Ram Narayan: 81-91, 136-143
Ref:		      Neuman 1980: browse;  Qureshi 07: 1-25, ch 11
Audio: 	      Sabri Khan+Kamal Sabri: Raga Saugandh, Ram Narayan  
Video/Visuals: 	Sitar, Tambura, In Class video:Kamal Sabri at age 8 and 15. 
		
		Devotional Hinduism: Bhakti and Bhajan
 Jan. 20		Readings:	Slawek 2000; 			 
Ref: 		Arnold: 246-258		
Audio: 		Unesco India 1.2, Religious Music of India 7, 
Video: 		Bhajan Swami Narayan, Sikh Kirtan, Nepal Gaine, 	Nepal Dapa 
WEEK 3:

Jan. 25 		A Hindu Pilgrimage, ADD RE SCHULTZ  		
Readings:	Karve 
		Ref: 		Schultz 2008
		Video:		Dance JVC, 
		Audio:		Omkarnath Thakur: Pag Ghungru, Mira Bhajan. Geeta
				Dutt. Mira Bhajan: Jogi mat ja 	4

	
Jan. 27		Sufism and Qawwali, Ecstatic Performance 	
Readings:	Qureshi 1987, 
		Ref:		Qureshi book1986 (2005,1995):102-31
		Video		Qureshi Qawwali 1975 (Video 001)
		Audio		Qureshi 1986 Book CD (Masnavi, Kachh Jagmag)
Week 5
Feb 1 		Devotional Communities	
Readings: 	Either Reference reading  
		Ref		Mansukhani, Qureshi 1981
		Video:		Sikh Dhadi Var
		Audio		Shia Majlis  of India and Pakistan,	
		 

You Tube Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brhC7gtPy0&feature=related Punjabi Folk Dhadi Var
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5brhC7gtPy0&feature=related Jogi Mat Ja, Geeta Dutt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGTR08bpH4M&feature=fvsr Pag Ghunghru, Omkarnath Thakur

FINAL EDITS COMING:
	
Nationalism and Nation 

Feb. 1  		Musicians and the Nationalist project
Readings: 	Bakhle Intro. Capwell 2000	
		Ref:		Qureshi 1991		 
		Audio		Vande Mataram (Paluskar, Thakur, Rahman) 	
		Video		 Khyal, Veena Saharasbuddhe. Lesson
3
Feb.3 				Music Reform and Institutions: Bhatkhande
	 	Readings: 	Bhakle Ch.on Bhatkhande, Nayar 271-306	
		Ref:		Bhatkhande 1951-7, nd
		Video		Bhatkhande College Classes 
		Audio ref	Deodhar (Folkways Records 8368)
		DUE DATE	Report 1

Oct. 7 		Week 6		Music Reform and Institutions: Paluskar	 	Readings: 	Bhakle Ch.on Patwardhan, 	
		DISCUSSION, Report 1		
	 
Oct. 9 				Music and Nation: the Radio
	 	Readings: 	 Lelyveld 1996  Baily 1994, 	
		Ref:		 Luthra 1986, Reitov
		Video		 Utsav DVDs, Akashwani Archives
		Audio  		Tea House Music of Afghanistan
	
Oct. 14		Week 7		Music, the State, and Islam in Pakistan
		Readings: 	 Qureshi 2000 	
		Ref:		 Malik 1983, Nayyar 2000
		Video		 Sayoni (Gillani)
		Audio		Folk Music of Pakistan (Folkways) 

Oct. 16		Readings: 	South Asia Overview: Genres and Instruments in 					national/religious Perspective			
				Day 1974, Arnold:South Asia		 
		Audio		Prasanna Ragamorphism


Week 8-10	Gender Identities
	
Oct. 21 	Week 8		 Devadasi and Tawaif: Contested Identities 	 
	 	Readings: 	 Srinivasan 1988, Kidwai 2004,	
		Ref:		 Fuller 1900, Dewey 2008, Allen 
		Video		 Utsav: Shobha Gurtu  
		Audio  			

Oct. 23		  		A Venue of her Own 
		Readings: 	 Qureshi 2006 	
		Ref:		 Pradhan1994, Saeed 2002 (Preface and ch 5, 10, 20)
		Video		Zarina Parveen 1984, Hira Mandi 1992
		Audio			
				
Oct. 28 	Week 9		 Gendered Performances through Poetry-Music-Dance	 
	 	Readings: 	 Rao 1996, 
		Ref:		 Doubleday 
		Video		 Utsav, both videos, Lahore Kothas 
		Audio  		 Qureshi 2006 CD/Notes Begum Akhtar,	 Zarina Parveen 1994

Oct. 30		  		Patriarchy and Survival: Sexual-musical Alternatives
		Readings: 	Oldenburg 1997, Jaffery, Kidwai  
		Ref:		Maciszewski 2006, 	
		Video		Guria (Maciszewski), Bombay Cabaret
		Audio		Playback singing	
		DUE DATE	Report 2


Weeks 10-13	Media

Nov. 4 		Week 	10	Revisiting Orality and Secondary Orality (i.e.Media)  
		Readings: 	Neuman et al. 2005 
		Ref:		Ong 2002, Qureshi 2007 		 
		Video 		Khandan
		Audio  				
		DISCUSS	Report 2

Nov. 6		Media as Mode of  Production 
		Readings: 	Manuel 1993, 
		Ref:		Qureshi	2000a, Manuel 1996	 
		Video 		
		Audio		
	 
Nov 11 		NO CLASS	Remembrance Day	

Nov 12 	             Week 11          Cinema, History and Ideology 
		Readings: 	Prasad 1998	
		Ref:		Jaikumar 2006
		Video		 TBA  Geeton Ki Sahej
		Audio		 Premchand CDs


Nov  18 	Week 12	Bollywood: Categories and Formulas
Readings: 	Dudrah 2006
		Ref:		Premchand 2006
Video: 		Geeton ki Sahej
		Audio:		Premchand CDs

Nov. 20 	
Guest Lecture: Ismaili Ginan and Devotional/ Popular Music of Pakistan
Readings: 	TBA
		Ref:		
Video: 		
		Audio:		

Nov   25             Week 13	Internet and Global Flows
Readings: 	TBA
		Ref:		
Video: 		
		Audio:		
		
		DUE DATE:	Paper Topic, for discussion

Nov 27 		Student Presentation		
	
Dec. 2 		Student Presentations
		LAST CLASS


Dec. 9		DUE DATE:	Final Paper




MUSIC 467/567: Music of India and South Asia
Religion, Nation, Gender, Media

URL for Country Profiles
Pakistan:  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1157960.stm 
India:
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1154019.
Afghanistan:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1162668.stm
Bangladesh:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/country_profiles/1160598.stm

Readings	
Allen, Matthew Harp.1999. Rewriting the Script for South Indian Dance.  TD Review, 1999<br>
Arnold, Alison ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.<br>
Arnold, Alison 2000a "Profile of South Asia and Its Music," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.3-16.<br>
Awasthy,  G.C. 1965   "Programmes and Programme Policies".  Broadcasting in India  Bombay:  Allied Publishers Ltd.,  pp. 32-54.<br>
Baily, John. 1994. The Role of Music in the Creation of an Afghan National Identity. 1923-73. In Martin Stokes ed. Ethnicity, Identity, and Music: The Musical Construction of Place. Oxford/Providence: Berg.
Beckerlegge, Gwilym (Ed.): Colonialism, Modernity, and Religious Identities : Religious Reform Movements in South Asia. New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2008.<br> 
Bhagavan, Manu and Anne Feldhaus (Eds.) 2008.?Speaking Truth to Power : Religion, Caste, and the Subaltern Question in India.New Delhi : Oxford University Press.<br> 
Bhakle, Janaki. Two Men and Music: Nationalism in the Making of an Indian Classical Tradition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.<br>
Bhatkande, V.N. "A Comparative Study of Some of the Leading Music Systems of the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries."  Journal of the Indian Musicological Society  3:1-61 and 4:1-52.<br>
Bhatkhande, V. N.1951-7   Hindustani Sangit Paddhati.   Hathras: Sangit Karyalay. 4 vols. (in Hindi).<br>
Bhatkhande, V. N n.d. Bhatkhande College Syllabus. Lucknow: Bhatkhande College.<br>
Bor, Joep 1999. Ed. The Raga Guide. A Survey of Hindustani Music. Rotterdam: Nimbus Records (4 CDs)<br>
Bose, Sugata and Ayesha Jalal 1998. Modern South Asia: History, Culture, and Political Economy. Routledge.<br>
Brown, Louise. 2005. The Dancing Girls of Lahore: Selling Love and Saving Dreams in Pakistan's Pleasure District. London: The Fourth Estate.<br>
Capwell, Charles. 2000. "Music and Nationalism," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.431-439<br>
Catlin, Amy.2000. "Karnatak Vocal and Instrumental Music," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.209-235.<br>
Chaudhuri, Debu and Avinash Pasricha. Incredible India: Classical Music. 2007. New Delhi: Wisdom Tree.<br>
Cush, Denise et al.2007. Encyclopedia of Hinduism / ed. by Denise Cush, Catherine Robinson, Michael York. London: Routledge.<br>
Day, Charles Russell. 1974 [1891]  The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan. Delhi: B.R. Publishing Corp.<br>
Deodhar, B. R.1993 Pillars of Hindusthani Music.  Ram Deshmukh (Trans.).  Bombay: Popular Prakashan.<br>
Dewey, Susan:?2008. Making Miss India Miss World : constructing gender, power, and the nation in postliberalization India Syracuse University Press.
Dudrah, Rajinder Kumar. 2006. Sociology Goes to the Movies. New Delhi: Sage Publications. Chs 1, 2, Appendix
Errington, James Joseph. 2008. Linguistics in a Colonial World: a Story of Language, Meaning, and Power / Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Fuller, Marcus B., Mrs. The Wrongs of Indian Womanhood. With an introduction by Ramabai. Edinburgh: Anderson and Ferrier (1900).
Henry, Edward O.  1988  	Chant the Names of God, Music In Bhojpuri-Speaking India.  San Diego: San Diego State University Press,  Chapters 1, 7.
Howard, Wayne. 2000 "Vedic Chant, ," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.209-235.
Huyler, Stephen P.1999 Meeting God, Elements of Hindu Devotion. New Haven: Yale University Press. 
Jackson, William. 2000. "Religious and Devtional Music: Southern Area, in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.259-271. 
Jaikumar, Priya .2006. Cinema at the End of Empire: A Politics of Transition in Britain and India. Durham: Duke University Press
Jariwalla, Jayantilal S. 1973 Abdul Karim: The Man of the Times, Life and art of a great musician.  Bombay: Balkrishnabuwa Kapileshwari.
Karve, I. "On the Road. A Maharashtrian Pilgrimage," Journal of Asian Studies
Kaufmann, Walter 1976	The Ragas of South India. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Kaufmann, Walter.  1968	The Ragas of North India.  Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Keskar, B.V. 1989. Indian Music: Problems and Prospects.  Bombay:  Popular Prakashan.
Kidwai, Saleem,. 2004 The singing ladies find a voice. Celebrating Women a symposium on women who made a difference. Delhi: SEMINAR 540; 
Kidwai, Saleem ed., trans.  2002. Song Sung True : A Memoir, Malka Pukhraj. New Delhi, Kali for Women, 2003, viii, 377 p., $22. ISBN 81-86706 60-7
Lelyveld, David. 1996  "Upon the Subdominant: Administering Music on All-India Radio," Consuming the Nation. Ed. Carol A. Breckenridge, Delhi: Oxford Universty Press, pp. 49-65. 
Luthra,  H.R.198d6  "Music".  Indian Broadcasting.   Delhi: Publications Division,  pp. 298-315.
Maciszewski, Ameila. 2006. “Tawaif, Tourism , and Tales.” In The Courtesa’s Art: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, eds. Martha Feldman and Bonnie Gordon. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 332-351.
Malik, M. Saeed. 1983. The Musical Heritage of Pakistan.  Islamabad:  Idara Saqafat-e-Pakistan.
Mansukhani, Gobind Singh 1982	Indian Classical Music and Sikh Kirtan.  New Delhi:  Oxford and IBH Publishing Co.
Manuel, Peter L. 1993. Cassette Culture Popular music and technology in North India.  Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Manuel, Peter L. 1996. “Music, the Media, and Communal Relations in North India, Past and Present.” Contesting the Nation: Religion, Community, and the Politics of Democracy in India. Ed. David Ludden. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 119-139.
Meer, Wim Van Der. 1980. Hindustani Music in the 20th Century. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, pp 25-9.
Metcalf, Barbara D. and Thomas R. Metcalf, A Concise History of Modern India.
Misra, Susheela. 1981. Great Masters of Hindustan Music.  New Delhi: Hem Publishers.
Nandy, Ashish.1983 The Intimate Enemy:  Loss and Recovery of Self under Colonialism.  Delhi:  Oxford University Press.
Nayar, Sobhana. 1989 Bhatkhande's Contribution to Music:  A Historical Perspective.  Bombay: Popular Prakashan.
Neuman, Daniel M. 1979	The Life of Music in North India: The Organization of an Artistic Tradition. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Neuman, Daniel, Shubha Chaudhuri, Komal Kothari. 2005. Bards, Ballads, and Boundaries. An Ethnographic Atlas of Music Traditions in West Rajasthan. 
Oldenburg, Veena Talwar. 1990. “Lifestyle as Resistance: The Case of the Courtesans of Lucknow.” Feminist Studies 16: 259-88.
Ong, Walter J. 2002. Orality and Literacy: The Technologiing of the Word.(2nd ed). RLondon and New York: Routledge.
.Paranjape, Wasanthi. 2006  Naad Tarang. Edmonton: Unpublished Manuscript.
Pradhan, Aneesh.1994 "The Emergence of the Modern Concert Platform in Bombay."  Journal of the Indian Musicological Society  25 (Jan-Dec. 1994): 51-55. 
Prasad, M. Madhava. 1998. Ideology of the Hindi Film: A Historical Construction. Delhi: Oxford University Press.
Premchand, Manek 2006. Musical Moments from Films: Memorable Songs Down the Years.Bombay: Jharna Books. With 2 CDs. (on order)
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt, 1991  "Whose Music? Sources and Contexts in Indic Musicology,"in Bruno Nettl and Philip V. Bohlman, eds. Comparative Musicology and the Anthroplogy of Music: Essays on the History of Ethnomusicology.  Chicago: Chicago University Press, 152-168.
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt 1981."Islamic Music in an Indian Environment:  The Shi'a Majlis." Ethnomusicology 25, No. 147 - 71. 
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt. 1986  Sufi Music of India and Pakistan, Sound, Context and Meaning in Qawwali.  New York:Cambridge University Press. 
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt 1987	"Making the Music Happen in Quawwali."  From Performance Traditions of India,  ed. Bonnie C. Wade.  Reprinted in Asian Music  XVII
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt 2000a“His Master’s Voice: Qawwali and ‘Gramophone Culture’ in South Asia.” Popular Music : 42 pp.
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt. 2000	“Music, the State, and Islam in Pakistan” Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: South Asia. 
Qureshi,,Regula Burckhardt. 2001 In search of Begum Akhtar: Patriarchy, poetry, and twentieth-century Indian music. The World of Music 43 : 97-137.
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt. 2006. “Female Agency and Patrilineal Constraints: Situating Courtesans in Twentieth-Century India. In The Courtesa’s Art: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, eds. Martha Feldman and Bonnie Gordon. Chicago: Chicago University Press. 312-331.  
Qureshi, Regula Burckhardt. 2007. Master Musicians of India: Hereditary Sarangi Players Speak. New York: Routledge
Ranade, Ashok Da. 2006. Music Contexts: A Concise Dictionary of Hindustani Music..New Delhi: Promilla $ Co..  New Delh2i: Promilla.
Rao, Vidya. 1996. "Thumri and Thumri singers: Changes in Style and Life-style," in Indu Banga Jaidev, ed. Cultural Reorientation in Modern India.  Rashtrapati Nivas, Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 278-315.
Reitov, Ole.1998. Music and Identity. Index on Censorship vo. 27 no 6, Issue 185.
Saeed, Fauzia. 2002. Taboo! The Hidden Life of a Red-Light District. Karachi: Oxford University Press.
Schubel, Wayne.1993. Religious Performance in Contemporary Islam: Shia Devotional Rituals in South Asia. University of South Carolina Press.
Schultz, Anna 2002. "Hindu nationalist Music and Embodiment in Marathi Rashtriya Kirtan." Ethnomusicology 46(2):1-17.
Schultz, Anna. 2008. Ethnomusicology 52 (2):1-17.
Shankar, Ravi. 1968, 2007. My Music, My Life. San Rafael, California: Mandala Publishing. 
Sharma, Amal Das. 1993	Musicians of India: Past and Present.  Calcutta: Naya Prokash.
Shringy, R.K. and P.L. Sharma. 1978 Eds. and transl.Sangita ratnakara of Sarngadeva, Vol. 1.  Delhi:  Motilal Banarsidass.
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Slawek, Stephen. 1988. "Popular Kirtan in Benares: Some 'Great' Aspects of a Little Tradition" Ethnomusicology 32(2) 77-92. 
Sorrell, Neil and Ram Narayan. 1980. Indian Music in Performance. A Practical Introduction New York: New York University Press.(See Cassette in AV list)
Srinivasan, Amrit. 1988. “Reform or Conformity?  Temple “Prostitiution” and the Community in the Madras Presidency.”  New Delhi: Kali for Women Houdou, 1988.
Staal,  J.F. 1968  Liner Notes  The Four Vedas.  New York:  Ethnic Folkeways records (CD on reserve)
T. Sankaran andMatthew Allan. 2000"The Social Organization of Music and Musicians: Southern Area. ," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing. 383-396.
Thompson, Gordon. 2000. "Regional Caste Artists and their Patrons," , in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.209-235.
Wade, Bonnie C. 2000 "Hindustani Vocal Music," in Alison Arnold ed. South Asia:The Indian Subcontinent. Vol. 5, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. New York: Garland Publishing.162-187.
Weidman, Amanda J. 2006. Singing the Classical, Voicing the Modern. The Postcolonial Politics of Music in South India .Durham: Duke University Press. 
T. Viswanathan and Matthew Harp Allen. 2005. Music in South India. Oxford University Press.