Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Highly recommended." --
Choice"Written with great intimacy and compassion,
Dhol: Drummers, Identities, and Modern Punjab is a study of the aspirations and negotiations of those who love the dhol and live the life of a dholi. . . . The book is also a welcome addition to a burgeoning body of work that seeks to reexamine the abundance of drumming traditions in South Asia on its own terms." --
Journal of Folklore Research Reviews"A compassionately written and deeply researched ethnography and historiography of dhol playing in Punjab as well as the Punjabi diaspora in North American and the United Kingdom. It paves new ground in assessing the mutual interaction between these distinct populations while demonstrating the challenges that face dhol-playing communities due to neoliberalism, cultural nationalism, and the growth and financial clout of the Punjabi diaspora."--Stefan Fiol, author of
Recasting Folk in the Himalayas: Indian Music, Media, and Social MobilityTable of ContentsList of Figures ix
List of Audiovisual Examples xi
Note on Translation and Transliteration xiii
Preface xv
Introduction: Drumming to the Beat of a Different March 1
1 The Short End of the Stick: Strategies of Identification 35
2 Dhol Manifested: Body, Sound, and Structure 59
3 Asking Rude Questions: Dholi Ethnicity 92
4 A Portrait of a Dholi and His Community 128
5 Becoming and Being a Dholi 148
6 Dhol Players in a New World 172
7 Return to Punjab, Turning Punjab 193
Notes 217
Bibliography 229
Index 241
